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In her 100th year, Laurel passed away on Saturday evening February 11th at the Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont NH after a brief illness. Born in Chelsea in 1917 she was one of 5 children of the late Peter and Malgorzeta (Gaska) Balon. She attended St. Stanislaus Parochial school and graduated from Chelsea High School. She was married to William A. Shaughnessy and together shared over 50 years of marriage up to the time of Bill's passing in 1992. A devoted housewife and mother of three Laurel also worked outside of her home as an Office Clerk for Leonard Silver. A former resident of Chelsea, she and her husband resided for a time in Marblehead and West Peabody and would spend their winters in Naples FL. Later she settled in Salem and recently in Charlestown, New Hampshire. In addition to her parents and husband, Laurel was also preceded in death by several siblings; the late Blanche Socha, Stanley and Chester Balon. She was the cherished mother to William A. Shaughnessy and his wife Sally of ME, Patricia Shaughnessy of Charlestown, NH, Edward Shaughnessy and his wife Jill of Melrose. Devoted grandmother to Patrick and Gisela Shaughnessy, Ryan and Christopher Young, Reza and Claire Marukelli, Josh, Shelly and Cecilia Marukelli, Rebeccah Shaughnessy, and by extension to Victoria and Todd Prouty; and loving great grandmother to Perry and Meghan Shaughnessy, Shauna and Sofia Marukelli and by extension to Jacob and Charlie Prouty. She is survived by her only surviving sibling, her brother, Alfred Balon of Lexington, MA.
ARRANGEMENTS: Visiting Hours will be held at the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Wednesday From 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Funeral from Welsh Funeral Home on Thursday February 16th, at 8:30 A.M. Followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Stanislaus Church 163 Chestnut St. Chelsea at 9:30 A.M. Services will conclude with Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.
DONATIONS: Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to St. Stanislaus Church, or to the USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus, 39 East 83 rd Street, New York, NY 10028.
ARRANGEMENTS: Visiting Hours will be held at the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Wednesday From 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Funeral from Welsh Funeral Home on Thursday February 16th, at 8:30 A.M. Followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Stanislaus Church 163 Chestnut St. Chelsea at 9:30 A.M. Services will conclude with Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.
DONATIONS: Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to St. Stanislaus Church, or to the USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus, 39 East 83 rd Street, New York, NY 10028.
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Funeral Services
Mass of Christian Burial
February
16
Thursday
St. Stanislaus B.M. Church
Starts at 9:30 am
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