Mrs. Frances Claire (Crowley) Hennessey of Andover & Manchester-by-the-Sea, beloved wife of 53 years of the late David J. Hennessey, died peacefully Sunday, May 26, 2024 at home surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Everett, January 19, 1945, Frances is the daughter of the late John and Claire Crowley. After being raised and educated in Somerville and Malden, Frances attended and graduated from Cheverus Catholic High School in Malden (Sisters of Providence). She continued her education and worked herself through Emmanual College in Boston earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Science/Biology. It was in these years she met and married her love, David. After working as a teacher of nursing students in the Boston area, she and David joined the Peace Corps and shortly thereafter began their new family. David’s career brought them to relocate to Puerto Rico with their first three children. Prior to the birth of their fourth child they settled in Andover Massachusetts where Frances raised the children at home. Frances was committed to her faith and actively participated in pilgrimages to the Vatican in Rome, as well as supported many World Youth Days for her family.
Frances and David had a love for the ocean; many summers were spent in Gloucester at Wingaersheek Beach where they had had their first “date", and they enjoyed family days and cook-outs in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Rockport, Salisbury, Hampton, NH and York, Maine.
In retirement years she and David enjoyed the sunshine during winters in Melbourne Beach and Barefoot Bay, Florida.
What was most important to Frances was her family and her deep faith centered in a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, love for the Blessed Virgin Mary, and belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist.
Frances is survived by her children, David Hennessey and his wife, Deborah of Salisbury, Elizabeth Doyle and her husband, Francis of West Roxbury, the Reverend Daniel Hennessey, of Topsfield and Middleton, and Catherine Reese and her husband, Tyler of Rochester, NH, her grandchildren, Joseph, Peter, Anna, and Maria Reese, Kassandra Caruso and her husband, Kenneth Jr. of Merrimac, her great grandchildren, Kenneth Caruso III and Zackary Caruso, her sister Joanne and husband David Howard of North Andover, niece Jennifer and son Timothy, nephews Gregory and Timothy, her cousins Carol Barricelli of Malden, Bernadette Mahoney of Billerica, Joseph Patterson of Florida, Donna (Fournier) Williams, of Yarmouth,ME; Stephen Fournier, of Portland, ME; Patricia (Fournier) Gott, of Coventry, RI, Joan (Fournier) Genest, of CT and many other beloved friends and extended family. Frances is predeceased by her brother James “Jimmy” Crowley, her many aunts, uncles, cousins, and extended family.
A public Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Saint Rose of Lima Church, 12 Park Street, Topsfield, Massachusetts on Saturday, June 1st at 10:30AM Visiting hour at Saint Rose of Lima Church Hall from 9:30AM-10:30AM prior to the Funeral Mass. Private Burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts.