Judith E. Sheeley
...Tewksbury Athletic Hall of Famer; 54
TEWKSBURY - Judith E. “Judy” (Baggs) Sheeley, age 54, a member of a well knownTewksbury family, died Friday morning, Mar. 26, at Brigham and Women’s Medical Center inBoston, after a long and gallant battle with cancer. She was the wife of Francis W. “Frank”Sheeley, who died on Jan. 21, 2000.
She was born in Chelsea, July 18, 1949, a daughter of Helen M. (Wickson) Baggs of Tewksburyand the late Frank H. Baggs. She lived the greater part of her life in Tewksbury and wasgraduated from Tewksbury Memorial High School with the Class of 1967. During her elementaryand high school years she was active in sports, and was honored in 1999 with induction intoTewksbury’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
She was formerly employed as a laboratory technician at Polaroid Co. in Waltham.
She was also a member of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in North Billerica.
Besides her mother, she is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Bret W. and Joy A.(Maskasky) Sheeley of Shirley, Michael J. Sheeley of Tewksbury; one grandson, Khellen J.Sheeley; five sisters and brothers-in-law, Nancy and Robert MacLeod of Billerica, Susan andRobert Connolly, Mary Kay and Robert Rauseo, Jane and Thomas Bradley all of Tewksbury,Pamela and Joseph Santa Fe of Sandown, NH; a brother and two sisters-in-law, Frank Baggs Jr.,and his wife Pam (Nason) Baggs of Reading, Valerie Sheeley of Dracut; her mother-in-law,Janet E. (Riviere)Sheeley of Dracut; numerous nieces,nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.
Her Funeral Services were held Monday, Mar. 29, in St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, No. Billerica. Interment was in Tewksbury Cemetery.
Memorials to the Lowe Center for Thorasic Oncology,Dana-Farber Institute, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02115, will be appreciated.