Gloria Ann

Willyard

Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend visiting hours for Gloria Ann Willyard, on Friday, September 20th from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. in the Welsh Funeral Home, 718 Broadway, Chelsea, A service will be held during the visitation at 7:00 P.M.  Services will conclude in the Funeral Home.

Gloria passed away on her 83rd birthday, Saturday, September 14th at the Leonard Florence Center for Living with her family at her bedside.  Glora has been residing at the Center for the past 3 years.  Born and raised in Chelsea, Gloria was the only child of the late Donald and Isabel P. (Sheppard) Noseworthy.  She was a lifelong resident of Chelsea where she attended the Carter School and graduated from Chelsea High School.

Gloria was passionately devoted to home and family raising her two sons.  She retired after working for 25 years as a Medical Records Clerk for the Whidden Memorial Hospital.

She was a former member of the Women of the Moose and enjoyed ballroom dancing.  She is also fondly remembered by many as the neighborhood mom, offering support and care to local children.

Gloria is lovingly survived by her two sons and their spouses, Donald "Donnie" Willyard and his wife Linda of Revere, and James J. Willyard and his wife Christine of Nashua, NH.  She was the cherished grandmother of Donnie Willyard of New Orleans, LA. Samantha Williams and her husband Matthew of Vermont, and James David Willyard of Gardner.  Adoring great-grandmother of Lucas Robert Williams