Joan E. Benoit
...of Tewksbury; 79
TEWKSBURY - Joan E. (Arlin) Benoit, age 79, a resident of the Carnation Drive elderly housing community in Tewksbury, died Monday afternoon, May 3, at the Town and Country Nursing Care Center in Lowell after a lengthy illness. She was the beloved wife of Raymond Benoit, who died on April 28, 2005.
She was born in Lowell, December 18, 1930, a daughter of the late Walter and Anna (Buzzell) Arlin, but lived the greater part of her life in Tewksbury.
She will be remembered as having devoted her life to her family.
She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Linda Mansur and her husband Thomas of Derry, NH; two sons and daughters-in-law, Arthur Benoit and his wife Linda (Soares) of Lawrence, and Walter G. Benoit and his wife Colleen (Casey) of Merrimack, NH; eight grandchildren, Thomas Mansur of CA, Joseph Mansur and Corey Mansur both of Derry, NH, Tanya Benoit, Matthew Soares and Brittany Soares all of Lawrence, Casey Benoit and Mollie Benoit both of Merrimack, NH; two sisters, Shirley McCarthy and her husband George of Lowell, and Delores Runyan of Lowell; and many nieces and nephews.
She was also sister of the late Barbara Perry.
Her Funeral Service was held Thursday, May 6, in the Funeral Home. Burial followed in Tewksbury Cemetery. Memorials to the Merrimack Valley Hospice, 360 Merrimack St., Bldg 9, Lawrence, MA 01843 will be appreciated.