TEWKSBURY: Janice Frances (Sullivan) Rich, age 75, a resident of Tewksbury for over 50 years, passed away on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at the Meadowview Nursing Home in North Reading.
She was the wife of Frederick M. Rich, Sr., who passed away on May 11, 1996.
Born in Melrose on February 10, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Julian Sullivan and the late Julia (Gilligan) Sullivan.
Janice was raised in Melrose and attended Melrose schools.
Following her marriage on November 14,1954, she and her late husband moved to Chelsea and later to Tewksbury, where they raised their six children.
Prior to her retirement in 1998, she was employed as an assembler by the Keene Lighting Company of Wilmington.
She is survived by two sons, Frederick M. Rich, Jr. and his wife Doreen and Timothy M. Rich all of Tewksbury; three daughters, Carol A. Napier and her husband Larry of Dracut, Sandra M. Carr and her husband Richard of Tewksbury and Jill M. McLaughlin and her husband Tim of Dracut; four sisters, Barbara Munson of Reading, Carol Jensen of Woburn, Jean Bennett of Stoneham and Charlene Kent of Saugus; fourteen grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Rich was the mother of the late Suzanne M. Callahan.
Calling hours Sunday, March 28th, 4-8 p.m., at the Farmer & Dee Funeral Home, 16 Lee St., Tewksbury. Funeral services Monday, March 29th, at 10 a.m., at the funeral home. Interment at Tewksbury Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.