HAVERHILL: Irene D. (Ladebush) Griggs, 101, died on Sunday, August 16, 2015 in the Penacook Place Nursing Home, peacefully with her family by her side. She was the wife of the late Charles A. Griggs, Sr. with whom she shared seventy years of marriage.
Born in Haverhill on June 17, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Margaret E. (Best) Ladebush. She was a resident of Bradford and Merrimac for many years. She owned and operated and worked many long hard hours at the former Mitchell’s Beauty Shop on Merrimack Street until its closing. Irene was a parishioner of Sacred Hearts Church in Bradford and a former member of the Haverhill Elks Lodge #165. She enjoyed playing bingo at Sacred Hearts Church and at Penacook Place and luck was often on her side.
Irene is survived by her two children, Gail Gillen of Merrimac and Robert Griggs of Haverhill; five grandchildren, Michael, Michele, Jamie, Matthew and Katie; four great-grandchildren, CJ, Paige, Tyler and Mason and a daughter-in-law, Mary Griggs of Newton, NH. She was also predeceased by her son, Charles A. Griggs, Jr.; two granddaughters, Dawn and Christine Day and her brother, Richard Ladebush.
A funeral service for Irene will be held on Wednesday, August 19th in the Linnehan-Grondin Funeral Home, 129 Kenoza Avenue, Haverhill at 11 a.m. A period of visitation will be held prior to the service from 10 – 11 a.m. Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Penacook Place Employee Fund, 150 Water Street, Haverhill, MA. 01830.