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Marie Antonette (Lanctot) McElveen
October 20, 2013

Obituary

Marie Antonette Lanctot McElveen, 81, of Bonneau, SC, formerly of Reading and Everett, MA, passed away Sunday in a Charleston hospital with her loving family by her side.

Mrs. McElveen was born August 15, 1932, in Boston, MA, a daughter of Ernest Napoleon Lanctot and Anna Olivia Rinaldi Lanctot. She grew up in Everett, MA, where she was a member of the Everett High School Class of 1952. In her younger years, she enjoyed knitting and donated knitted hats for premature babies born at St. Francis Xavier Hospital in Charleston. Mrs. McElveen spent most of her life caring for children in her "Reading Ma" home, and in 1996, she moved with her husband to Bonneau, SC, to live on beautiful Lake Moultrie where they enjoyed many lovely sunsets together. She was also an active member of the Catholic community at both Our Lady of Peace in Bonneau, and St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Moncks Corner, and cherished her congregational family very much.

Surviving are, her husband of 60 years, Willie H. McElveen; two sons, William D. McElveen and his wife, Lynne, of Chelmsford, MA, and Robert M. "Mac" McElveen and his wife, Sally, of Lunenburg, MA; a brother, Ernest Lanctot and his wife, Tina, of Londonderry, NH; and many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Calling hours were held on Friday October 25, 2013 from 6 – 8pm in the Peabody Funeral Homes, 290 Mammoth Road, Londonderry. A Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday, October 26th at 10:00am at St. Jude Parish, 435 Mammoth Road, Londonderry with entombment in Mount Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum, Manchester. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Marie's memory to the Macular Degeneration Foundation, P.O. Box 531313, Henderson, Nevada 89053 or www.eyesight.org.

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Peabody Funeral Homes
Londonderry and
Derry, NH 03038
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