Mrs. Mary “Maureen” (Splaine) Roehr of Salem, New Hampshire, formerly a long time resident of Andover, Massachusetts and Hamden, Connecticut, died unexpectedly at the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen on January 6, 2007. She was 71 years old.
Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, on January 6, 1936, she was a beloved daughter of the late Thomas and Helen (Carroll) Splaine. Mrs. Roehr was a graduate of the Boston State Teachers College, class of 1957 and received her Masters Degree in 1976 from Southern Connecticut State University in Reading. While living in Hamden CT, she was an active member of the New Haven Junior League. Mrs. Roehr was a volunteer in the St. Rita School Religious Education Program as well as a volunteer in the school library. During her teaching career, Mrs. Roehr was a teacher in the New Haven, Connecticut and Lawrence, Massachusetts public school systems.
Maureen was the beloved wife of the late Andrew J. Roehr and survived by two daughters, Patricia and her husband Mark Panico of Guilford, Connecticut and Michelle and her husband Charles Bitzer of Pittsburgh, PA; one son, Andrew J. and his wife Mitra Roehr of Houston, Texas; seven grandchildren Michael Panico, Matthew, Nicholas, Elizabeth and Hannah Bitzer and Jack and Will Roehr; two brothers, Thomas Splaine of Westfield, N.J. and Patrick Scanlon of Exeter, N.H.; four sisters, Patricia McCarthy of Watertown, Joan Prindiville of Bozeman, MT, Mary Connor of Lexington and Angela Barclay of New Harbor, ME and many nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Augustine Church, 43 Essex Street, Andover, Saturday, January 13, 2007, at 9 AM. Relatives and friends were respectfully invited to attend. Calling hours were Friday, January 12, 2007, from 6 to 8 PM in the Burke-Magliozzi Funeral Home, 390 North Main Street, Andover. Burial was in the Holy Hood Cemetery, Brookline. At the family’s request, in lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to the Memorial & Honor Program-F, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.