Carol F. " Ma" Hickey
...retired from Genesis Co., age 70
TEWKSBURY - Carol F. (Babcock) "Ma" Hickey, age 70, died Monday, July 6, 2009 at Wilmington Health Care Center in Wilmington, after an extended illness. She was born July 22, 1938, raised in Billerica, but had resided in Tewksbury since 1964. She was a daughter of the late Earnest and Agnes (Moody) Babcock.
She began her working career at the Faulkner Mills in No. Billerica, moved to E.T.M. Corporation in Wilmington, and retired from Genesis Corporation in Wilmington.
She is survived by two daughters; Kathleen Hickey of Tewksbury, with whom she resided before her illness, Brenda Turner and her life partner Will Hadley of Ayer; one brother: Ernest "Joe" Babcock of FL; one sister, Shirley Sheridan of Pinehurst, and one granddaughter: Crystal Turner of TX; and many nieces and nephews.
She is predeceased by her former husband Lawrence Hickey; brother William Babcock; and sisters Dorothy Coffey, Anne Spaulding, Sally Sciascia, and Janet Weekley.
Burial was private. Memorials to the charity of donor's choice will be appreciated.