Dorothy H. Reagan
...active at St William’s in Tewksbury; 80
TEWKSBURY - Dorothy Helen (Gifford) Reagan, age 80, died Saturday morning at the Middlesex East Hospice in Reading, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was the wife of the late John J. Reagan Sr., who died in 1989.
She was born in East Boston, March 26, 1924, one of thirteen children of the late Frederick and Elizabeth (McCarthy) Gifford. She was raised in East Boston and graduated Fitton High School with the class of 1942. She lived in Winthrop before moving to Tewksbury in 1954.
She was an active parishioner at St. William’s Church, and attended daily Mass until her health failed.
She is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Ret. St. Sgt. John J. Reagan, U.S. Army and his wife Danise (Russ) Reagan of Watertown, NY, Ronald A. Reagan of Lowell; two daughters and a son-in-law, Pauline T. Reagan of No. Andover, Karen J. and her husband David McKenna of Billerica; six grandchildren, Timothy Reagan of Haverhill, Christopher Santos of No. Andover, David Jr., Dennis, Stacey and Shaina McKenna all of Billerica, ane brother Edward Gifford of Tewksbury.
Her Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, July 27, St. William’s Church. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, No. Tewksbury.
Memorials to the Middlesex East V.N.A. Hospice, 607 North Ave., Suite 17, Wakefield, MA 01880 will be appreciated