WEBSTER - Doris (Larochelle) McGeary, 86, formerly of Asselin Avenue, died Thursday, December 4, in Hubbard Regional Hospital. Her husband of 55 years, John J. McGeary, died in 1999.
She leaves three sons, Dennis J. McGeary and his wife Rosanne M., Thomas H. McGeary and his wife Pamela, and Ronald J. McGeary and his wife Jane, all of Webster; six grandchildren, Jeffrey McGeary and Kimberly Berthiaume, Leigh McGeary, and Renee, Ryan and Rena McGeary; five great grandchildren, Jack, Drew and Morgan Berthiaume, and Sean and Aidan McGeary; two sisters, Loretta Larochelle and Gertrude Dupuis, both of Southbridge; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother Henry Larochelle and by her sister Rachel Lesniewski.
She was born and raised in Southbridge, the youngest of the five children of Jean-Baptiste and Agnes (Martin) Larochelle. She moved to Webster when she married in 1945. She was a high school graduate.
Mrs. McGeary owned and operated the Doris McGeary Dance Studio in Webster from 1954 to 1981, when she retired. She enjoyed dance and exercise.
The funeral service will be held Monday, December 8, at 11:00 AM in the Sitkowski & Malboeuf Funeral Home, 340 School Street. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery. A calling period will be from 9:00 to11:00 AM Monday, December 8, in the funeral home.