Doris M. (Carpinella) Pelrine, 81 of Andover, died Friday morning, January 23, 2009, at the Wingate at Andover.
Mrs. Pelrine was born in Medford on October 4, 1927, daughter of the late Michael A. and Veronica (Kirwan) Carpinella.
She was a very active member of the Shawsheen Village Women’s Club; St. Augustine Parish, Andover, where she served as a Hospitality Minister and a Eucharistic Minister. She also served as the Holy Family Hospital Auxiliary President and enjoyed volunteering in the Hospital gift shop; and the Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority.
Mrs. Pelrine’s greatest dedication was to raise awareness of Type I and Type II Diabetes, having her daughter, Cynthia, diagnosed and losing her battle with Type I Juvenile Diabetes in 1982; and having her great-granddaughter diagnosed as well.
Loving wife of almost 50 years to the late Robert J. Pelrine who died in 2000.
Her surviving family members include her loving daughters, Susan Ackroyd and her husband Dennis of Casco, Maine, Judy Pelrine of Salem, New Hampshire, Jacki Colburn and her husband Bob of Atkinson, New Hampshire and Denise Santoro and her husband Ignazio of North Reading; grandchildren, Jenn Taiani and her husband Matt, Steph Westergren and her husband Rob, Jeremy Ackroyd, Jocelyn Ackroyd, Rachel Gallagher, Valerie Gallagher, Jonathan Santoro, Jason Santoro and Benjamin Colburn; great-grandchildren, Michaela and Dylan Taiani and Reid and Cooper Westergren; brother, Terry Carpinella and his wife Ruth of Chelmsford; sister-in-law, Helen Pelrine of Melrose; brother-in-law, Walter Pelrine of Walpole and cousin, Carol Trainor of Stoneham.
Doris’ funeral mass was celebrated in St. Augustine Church, 43 Essex Street, Andover. Calling hours were held in Burke-Magliozzi 390 North Main Street, Andover. Interment was in Spring Grove Cemetery, Andover. Donations in Doris’ memory may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 175 Ammon Drive, Suite 201, Manchester, NH 03103.