Marie E. Smith, 60, of Londonderry, NH passed away Monday, September 21, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 9, 1955 in Dover, NH a daughter of Eloise (Hallworth) Lassonde and the late Robert “Snike” Lassonde. Marie attended St. Mary Academy and St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover. She received her nursing degree at Salem Hospital School of Nursing in Salem, MA, and then continued her education at Salem State College. She also attended Newbury College, Lowell, MA campus with a major in Interior Design and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Marie received her certification as an OR Nurse and a Legal Nurse Consultant. Her career included 10 years at Salem Hospital, one year at J.B. Thomas Hospital, three years at Hale Hospital, and finally 13 years at Lawrence General Hospital most of which was in the operating room, retiring in 2003. During the later years, she was President of First Northeast Legal Nurse Consultants, Inc. and worked with attorneys across New England. She also lectured in NH for legal nursing issues. Throughout Marie’s career she was very active at all hospitals on quality assurance committees, operating room quality assurance, policy and procedure committees and was a Union rep per diem for Lawrence General Hospital. Marie enjoyed travel, downhill skiing, parasailing and water skiing. She also enjoyed quilt making, sewing, interior design projects, cooking and gardening.
She is survived by her husband of 27 years, Lindsey S. Smith, her mother Eloise currently residing in Rockland, MA, brother Robert and wife Wendy of Rowley MA, sister Nancy Davis and life partner Richard of Dover, NH, brother Richard and wife Diane of Rockland, MA, sister Maureen Paro and husband Ronald of Dover, brother and sister-in-law, Daniel Smith and wife Karin of Lakeridge, VA, as well as 10 nieces and nephews, four grandnieces and grandnephews and many cousins.
Calling hours will be held on Friday, September 25, 2015 from 6 – 8pm in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Road, Londonderry. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday September 26th at 10:00am in St. Jude Parish, 435 Mammoth Road, Londonderry with cremation to follow. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in Marie’s memory to the American Heart Association, 2 Wall St # 104, Manchester, NH 03101 or the NH Association for the Blind, 25 Walker St, Concord, NH 03301.