Mary "Molly" Leslie Massicotte
December 6, 1927 — July 31, 2014
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Mary "Molly" Leslie Massicotte
Fremont – Mary L. "Molly" Massicotte, 86, died suddenly July 31, 2014 at Colonial Poplin Nursing Home.
On December 6, 1927, Mary Iva Leslie, later known as Molly Massicotte, was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, the daughter of John (Jack) Leslie and Vera Constance Villiers. She lived with her grandparents Tom and Mary Villiers growing up amid a pile of cousins, aunts, and uncles in a small cottage surrounded by gardens carefully tended by Tom.
She emigrated to America shortly after the close of World War II, coming to live with her mother Vera in Billerica, Massachusetts.
Molly attended secretarial school, learning shorthand and typing, while working at Woolworth's in Lowell and making new friends in her new country. One of those new friends was Maurice Massicotte, and they married in Sept. 1950 and moved into a house in Billerica that Maurice built himself. From then on, her life was that of a homemaker and mother to two boys of whom she was fiercely proud.
The family finally settled in Londonderry, NH, in another little house built by Maurice. Molly made many new friends there, tended her growing boys, and took up bowling and golf. She liked to read and loved old movies but she mostly liked to visit with people and get to know them using her rich sense of humor to charm others and keep things cheerful.
Later, after the boys grew up, she worked at Linley Marketing and Research but took a dim view of those new-fangled computers and maintained unbending opposition to any high tech critters beyond the telephone and the television. After retirement, she lived a short time in Hot Springs, Virginia with her brother Jack Leslie and family, later returning to live in Manchester, NH.
Surviving family members include her two sons, Philip E. Massicotte and his wife Cheryl of Nottingham, NH and Dr. Stephen J. Massicotte and Dr. Holly Hendrickson of Indiana; 5 grandchildren, Patrick, Brianna, Leslie, Elise and Julia and her sister, Connie Villiers of New Jersey.
Molly was predeceased by her brother, Jack Leslie
Her Memorial Gathering will be held on Saturday August 16th at the Phaneuf Funeral Home, 243 Hanover St, Manchester from 3:00 to 4:30PM with her memorial service at 4:30PM in the funeral home chapel. Donations in Mary's memory can be made to Child and Family Services of NH, PO Box 448, Manchester, NH 03105-0448 or SJCS Meals on Wheels, PO Box 910, Merrimack, NH 03054.
On December 6, 1927, Mary Iva Leslie, later known as Molly Massicotte, was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, the daughter of John (Jack) Leslie and Vera Constance Villiers. She lived with her grandparents Tom and Mary Villiers growing up amid a pile of cousins, aunts, and uncles in a small cottage surrounded by gardens carefully tended by Tom.
She emigrated to America shortly after the close of World War II, coming to live with her mother Vera in Billerica, Massachusetts.
Molly attended secretarial school, learning shorthand and typing, while working at Woolworth's in Lowell and making new friends in her new country. One of those new friends was Maurice Massicotte, and they married in Sept. 1950 and moved into a house in Billerica that Maurice built himself. From then on, her life was that of a homemaker and mother to two boys of whom she was fiercely proud.
The family finally settled in Londonderry, NH, in another little house built by Maurice. Molly made many new friends there, tended her growing boys, and took up bowling and golf. She liked to read and loved old movies but she mostly liked to visit with people and get to know them using her rich sense of humor to charm others and keep things cheerful.
Later, after the boys grew up, she worked at Linley Marketing and Research but took a dim view of those new-fangled computers and maintained unbending opposition to any high tech critters beyond the telephone and the television. After retirement, she lived a short time in Hot Springs, Virginia with her brother Jack Leslie and family, later returning to live in Manchester, NH.
Surviving family members include her two sons, Philip E. Massicotte and his wife Cheryl of Nottingham, NH and Dr. Stephen J. Massicotte and Dr. Holly Hendrickson of Indiana; 5 grandchildren, Patrick, Brianna, Leslie, Elise and Julia and her sister, Connie Villiers of New Jersey.
Molly was predeceased by her brother, Jack Leslie
Her Memorial Gathering will be held on Saturday August 16th at the Phaneuf Funeral Home, 243 Hanover St, Manchester from 3:00 to 4:30PM with her memorial service at 4:30PM in the funeral home chapel. Donations in Mary's memory can be made to Child and Family Services of NH, PO Box 448, Manchester, NH 03105-0448 or SJCS Meals on Wheels, PO Box 910, Merrimack, NH 03054.
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