DRACUT - Deborah L. Stocker, 52, a resident of Dracut, died Sunday November 11th at her home after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of Julie E. O'Hara whom she has been with for twenty years.
She was born in Haverhill on February 23, 1955, and was a daughter of Edward Stocker and his wife Dorothy of Ft. Myers, FL, and the late Nance (Baumgartner) Stocker.
Deborah was a graduate of Pentucket Regional High School in West Newbury and Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill.
She was employed for twenty years by Salem Radiology as a chief MRI technologist at Merrimack Valley MRI at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen.
She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, living on the water, exploring new places, and meditation and spiritual studies.
She was a member of the SMRT/ISMRM, and the ASRT.
In addition to her wife, father and step mother, Deborah is survived by a son and daughter-in-law Charles and Melissa Anderson of Manchester, NH, two grandchildren Courtney and Dylan Anderson, of Manchester, NH; a brother and sister-in-law William and Juliette Freeman of Groveland; a sister Anne Stocker of Kutztown, PA; her father-in-law William O'Hara of Chelmsford; two brothers-in-law Michael O'Hara of Chelmsford, and William O'Hara and his wife Laurie of Westfield, MA; a sister-in-law June Senich and her husband Martin of Southington, CT; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and close friends.
She was also the daughter-in-law of the late Patricia O'Hara.
Family and friends are invited to attend her Memorial Service on Thursday at 7PM at the DRACUT FUNERAL HOME, 2159 Lakeview Avenue, DRACUT.