Jacqueline Norma (Perry) Fortier, 84, a resident of Windham, NH, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 18, 2011 at home surrounded by her family.
Born July 11, 1926 in Lawrence, MA, she was a graduate of St. Patrick's Grammar School and Lawrence High School. After raising her children, Jackie had worked as an Audiologist in the Lawrence School System. She was a lifelong parishioner of St. Patrick's Church in Lawrence where she was a member of the Our Lady's Sodality. She was also a parishioner at St. Matthew's Church in Windham, NH. Jackie was a member of the Women of Mary and the Women's Rosary Group at St. Mark's Church in Londonderry, NH, as well as a member of the Mass Citizen's for Life.
The widow of Alfred G. Fortier, family members include:
daughters: Jacqueline A. Hynes and her husband Francis of Windham, NH, Mary Lou Bartlett and her husband Earl also of Windham, NH, Susan Clifton and her husband Steven of Sandown, NH, Barbara Donovan and her husband Paul of Deerfield, NH,
sons: William Fortier and his wife Donna of Haverhill, MA, and Paul Fortier and his wife Kathy of Methuen, MA. She is also survived by a brother: James Perry and his wife Norma of Simpsonville, SC, as well as 27 grandchildren, 13 Great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Jackie was the mother of the late Michelle Fortier, Diane Fortier Trombly, and James Fortier as well as sister of the late Gloria Tommasino.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. in St. Patrick's Church, Lawrence, MA. Burial will follow in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in North Andover, MA. Family and friends may call on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 4 to 8 P.M. at the John Breen Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., 122 Amesbury St., Lawrence, MA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to either EWTN, 5817 Old Leeds Rd., Irondale, AL, 35210, or to the Cor Unum Meal Center, 191 Salem St., Lawrence, MA, 01843. To send an online condolence, or for more information, please go to www.breenfuneralhome.com.