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At 76 years of age, Barbara passed away on Tuesday February 23
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at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital with her family at her side following the results of a major stroke she suffered in her home several days earlier. Born in Boston she grew up in Chelsea, daughter of the late John A. and Louise (Sarni) DeGregorio. Barbara attended local schools and graduated from Chelsea High School. In 1957 she married her childhood sweetheart and career USAF Airman Roland E. "Bill" Brown. She was a loving airman's wife joining her husband on many of his duty assignments. Giving birth to two of her five children in Germany and raising them along the way at US Air Stations in Tenn. Tacoma WA and others during Mr. Brown's enlistments. They returned to Chelsea in 1964. A devoted homemaker and mother she also worked outside of her home as a production worker for Thomas H. Strahan Wallpaper Co., in Chelsea and as an office clerk with Copley Business, a Boston based publisher and printing co. A resident of Exeter NH for the past 10 years she spent most of life residing in Chelsea, Revere and briefly in Rowley before settling with her husband in Exeter NH. She was a longtime cancer survivor and devoted her life to family and home. In her life time she enjoyed knitting and quilting items for her beloved family and loved ones. In addition to her parents Barbara was also preceded in death by two sisters Vera Malek and Marie T. Pezzuto. She was the beloved wife of 58 years to Roland E. "Bill" Brown of Exeter NH, a loving mother and mother-in-law to John W. Brown of Newburyport, Dawn L. Covey and her husband Anthony of Port Huron MI., Terrance M. Brown and his wife Jeanne Roselli of Boxford, Michael E. Brown and his wife Teresa of Atkinson NH and Theresa M. Tidmarsh and her husband John of Rowley. Dear sister of John A. DeGregorio of Everett. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Saturday February 27 th , at 9:30 A.M. Followed by a Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church 59 Nichols St. Chelsea at 10:30 A.M. Services will conclude with Committal prayers at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Welsh Funeral Home on Friday from 4 - 8 P.M. Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.
DONATIONS: In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society
ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Saturday February 27 th , at 9:30 A.M. Followed by a Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church 59 Nichols St. Chelsea at 10:30 A.M. Services will conclude with Committal prayers at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Welsh Funeral Home on Friday from 4 - 8 P.M. Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.
DONATIONS: In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society
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Funeral Services
Visitation
February
26
Friday
Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home
4:00 - 8:00 pm
Mass of Christian Burial
February
27
Saturday
Our Lady of Grace Church
Starts at 10:30 am
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