Mabel P. Guthrie
... well known Lowell area family; 92
TEWKSBURY - Mabel P. (Nickerson) Guthrie, age 92, the matriarch of a well known greater Lowell area family, died Wednesday afternoon at the Blairehouse in Tewksbury after a short period of declining health. She was the wife of Roland H. Guthrie, who died in 1980.
Mrs. Guthrie was born in Newport, Maine, on April 30, 1914, a daughter of the late Edgar A. and Alice (Hoolder) Nickerson. She was raised in Maine, and traveled extensively as a military family. The Guthrie family settled in Tewksbury in 1958.
She is survived by four daughters, Roberta Tharpe of Lowell, Ruth McCartney and her husband Steve of Westford, Diane Sadowski and her husband Robert of Tewksbury, Christine Bailey and her husband Kevin of Pelham, NH; a son, Roland "Doc" Guthrie and his wife Mary Kay of Lowell; nineteen grandchildren; and 25 great grandchildren.
Her Funeral Mass was celebrated Monday, April 9, in St. Teresa's Church, So. Main St. Brewer, Maine. Committal services will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Ohio St., Bangor, Maine, when weather permits. At her request, visiting hours are omitted.