Doris B.

(Carmody) Martinello

A longtime resident of Peabody and formerly of Chelsea, Doris passed away on Monday May 1 ^st in the peaceful surroundings of her home, with her daughters at her side after a brief and sudden decline of health.  She was 94 years of age.  Born and raised in Chelsea she was a daughter of the late George I. and Jacquelyn D. (Borden) Carmody.  She attended local schools and during WW II she worked in the Boston Navy Yard as a wiring harness maker.  A mother of three she also worked outside of her home for 28 years with American Biltrite in Chelsea as a shoe sole and heel cutter. She was a member of the shoe workers union and she held office as a union secretary.  Doris retired in 1984 when production in Chelsea factory ceased. After her retirement she took a job as a special needs school bus driver.  She also worked as a waitress with Lombardo's in East Boston and Randolph.  From a young age Doris enjoyed baseball, beginning with the old Boston Braves and then following the Red Sox.  She was a diehard fan, keeping her own team statistics, recording them in her personal journal, always hopeful for a championship finish right to the last game of the season, and then often saying "wait till next year".  She was a parishioner of the former Assumption Parish and Saturday night OLA bingo player.  She was voracious reader currently subscribing to Harlequin intrigues and cowboy novels.  In addition to her parents Doris was also preceded in death by her only brother George Carmody.  She is survived by her three beloved daughters; Jacquelyn Reddick and her husband Harvey of Peabody, Nancy Resca and her husband Michael of Fort Pierce FL and Janine Day of Peabody.  She was the cherished grandmother of 5; Natalie Snell and her husband Matthew, Melissa Goddard and her husband Christopher, Neill Resca, Patrick Reddick and his wife Xola-Rose and Nicole Quinlan and her husband Robert.  Adoring great grandmother of Isaac Reddick, Aria Resca, Shiloh Reddick, Abigail Goddard, Niyah Reddick and Alyssa Resca.  ,

ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral Services will be conducted from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Wednesday May 3 ^rd at 12 Noon Services will conclude with Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.  Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to visit at the Welsh Funeral Home on Wednesday morning beginning at 10:30 AM.  Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.

DONATIONS: Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan St., Ste B-102, Danvers MA 01923