Helen Marie Baggs
...active in Tewksbury's Senior Community; 85
TEWKSBURY - Helen Marie (Wickson) Baggs, age 85, an active Senior in the community, died
unexpectedly on Saturday, June 14, at the Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital in Boston. She was the
wife of the late Frank H. Baggs, who died in 1996.
She was born in Winthrop, June 29, 1922, a daughter of the late John H. and Mary C. (Hancock)
Wickson. She was raised in Winthrop, and graduated Winthrop High School.
Mrs. Baggs was described by her family as an avid reader, and in later years a frequent and active
visitor to the Tewksbury Senior Center. She was also described as a loving woman, who had
devoted her life to her family.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Frank H. Baggs Jr., and his wife Pamela (Nason) of
Newburyport; four daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy A. MacLeod and her husband Robert of
Billerica, Mary Kay Rauseo and her husband Robert of Tewksbury, and Jane P. Bradley and her
husband Thomas also of Tewksbury, Pamela J. Santa Fe and her husband of Sandown, NH; one
brother, John Wickson and his wife Sunny of Tewksbury, seventeen grandchildren; seventeen
great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was also mother of the late Judith H. Sheeley and sister of the late Emma Pennell, Charlotte
Beatrice, Catherine Terry, and Ruth Glover.
Her Funeral Service was held Friday, June 20, in St. Anne's Church, No. Billerica. Burial followed at Tewksbury Cemetery. Memorials to the Freinds of the Elderly, Building Fund,175 Chandler St.
Tewksbury or the Friends of the Library, 300 Chandler St. Tewksbury, MA 01876 will be
appreciated.