Jerome F. Laskey
...sales engineer for Astron Inc of Pepperell; 74
TEWKSBURY - Jerome F. Laskey, 74, died Thursday morning, Sept. 11, at Mass GeneralHospital in Boston, from complications of a heart attack suffered three weeks ago. He was thehusband for 53 years of Barbara M. (Mills) Laskey, who died on June 19th.
He was born in Boston, Oct. 19, 1928, a son of the late Jerome and Margaret O'Gorman. He wasraised in East Boston, but had lived in Tewksbury since 1956.
Between WWII and the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Navy, as an aerial photographer.
He retired from Astron Inc. in Pepperell, as a tool and die designer and sales engineer.
Mr. Laskey will also be remembered as an accomplished artist in oil, acrylic, and ink.
He is survived by four daughters and their spouses, Diane Laskey-Longtin and Bruce Longtin ofTewksbury, Andrea and Scott Thornhill of Nashua, NH, Sheila and Wayne Laferriere ofTewksbury, Michele and Aires Alves of Atkinson, NH; a son, Keith Laskey of Atlanta, GA; abrother, Francis “Frank” Laskey of East Boston; a brother-in-law and three sisters-in-law Walterand Mary Mills Jr. of Fla., Elaine Oliver of Winthrop, Jeanne Bracco of Duxbury, fourgrandchildren, Samantha Laferriere, Kelli Thornhill, Andrew and Peter Alves, and many niecesand nephews.
His Funeral Service was held Monday, Sept. 15, in the funeral home. Interment was in Tewksbury Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers,memorials to the Tewksbury Hospital Patient Fund, 365 East St. Tewksbury, MA 01876 will beappreciated.