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Lola James
June 17, 2017

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TEWKSBURY- Mrs. Lola (Bissey) James, 85, passed away Saturday June 17th at the Winchester Hospital.

Lola was born on May 5, 1932 in Clay City, Illinois a daughter of the late Henry J. and Lulu Versa (Zimmerman) Bissey. Loving wife of forty-seven years to the late Richard G. “Dick” James whom she lost in 2004.

Lola was a homemaker helping to raise her children and enjoying watching her family grow to 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. She was an active member and communicant at the First Baptist Church in Tewksbury where she participated as a Deacon and a member of the Women’s Group, Philatheas.

She is survived by her four children, Duane James and his wife Carmel, David James and his wife Lixandra, Alicia Hunt and her husband George, and Bruce James; eleven grandchildren, Carmel, Kevin, Pamela, Ian, Aaron, and Janelle James, Christopher and Jennifer Hunt, Matthew LaChance, Aidan and Parker James; three sisters, Edith Reinard, Doris Saunders, Audrey Wilder; also many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours Wednesday, June 21 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm at the Tewksbury Funeral Home, corner of 1 Dewey St and 975 Main St (Rt 38) Tewksbury Center, Ph (800 in Ma or 978) 851-2950. Her funeral will begin Thursday, June 22 from the funeral home at 9:00am followed by a Funeral Service at First Baptist Church 1500 Andover St No. Tewksbury at 10:00AM Burial will be Tewksbury Cemetery. Donations may be made in Lola’s memory to the First Baptist Church. Tewksburyfuneralhome.com

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Tewksbury Funeral Home
1 Dewey Street
Tewksbury, MA 01876
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