Louanne V.

Eccleston

ARRANGEMENTS:  Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend a memorial gathering on Wednesday August 14 in the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA from 9:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. immediately by followed by a funeral mass at St. Rose Church, 600 Broadway Chelsea at 11:00 A.M. Services will conclude with inurnment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Funeral home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite funeral home.

Louanne (Gaff) Eccleston, age 86, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at Rockingham County Nursing Home in Brentwood, NH. where she was receiving supportive care. She was born February 19, 1933 in Somerville to the late Henry and Louise "Ma" Gaff. She was the oldest girl and helped care for her younger siblings with much love and perseverance. She was married to William H. Eccleston, Jr. residing and raising her family in Chelsea. Louanne worked for many years at the Chelsea Soldiers Home and retired as a Dietary Supervisor. She was a member St Rose Parish and participated in many of the Minstrel Shows at the former Assumption Parish.  She loved to sing, bowl, cook, and above all take care of her family. She loved to sing as a past member of the Lt. Norman Prince Chorus of Malden. Louanne was widowed in 1987. In addition to husband and her parents, she was also pre-deceased by her brothers, Edward, Henry (Sonny), Lawrence Gaff, and sister Louise Kelly. She is survived by her sister Joanne Wheeler and brothers Gilbert, Robert, and John Gaff. Louanne leaves behind her children; Cynthia McCarthy and her husband Bill of Epping NH, William Eccleston and his wife Donna of Farmingdale ME, Louanne Eccleston and her partner Dan Gray of Lynn, Wayne Eccleston of Riverside RI, Gerald Eccleston and his wife Nanci of Nashua NH, Sandi Garofano of Dunstable, Joseph Eccleston and his partner Susan Payne of Lynn, Richard Eccleston and his wife Cheryl of NH, and her step-daughters Carol Firby, Pam Porter, and Linda Morrow. Louanne is also survived by several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.