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Gamache, Jeanne Lagasse Of Tewksbury, May 13, at age 86. Beloved wife for 61 years of Arthur R. Gamache, daughter of the late Antonio and Eulalie (Dusault) Lagassse. Loving mother of David and his wife Sharon (Campbell) Gamache of Hillsborough, NH. Devoted grandmother of Joshua and Kyle; sister of Olivette "Ollie" Booth of Ft. Myers, FL, and the late Lorraine "Lori" Lagasse; sister-in-law of Sr. Cecile Gamache, pm of Manchester, NH. Her early career was with the U.S. Government as a secretary to "Operation Deep Freeze", one of the earliest South Pole and Antarctic exploration and scientific expeditions. The team's exploits and history are documented in the book "Antarctica, Firsthand Accounts of Exploration and Endurance" Visiting hours Wednesday, May 20, from 4 until 7 p.m. in the Tewksbury Funeral Home, corner of 1 Dewey and 975 Main Sts. (Rte. 38) TEWKSBURY CENTER, Ph. (800 in MA or 978) 851 2950. Her funeral will begin Thursday, May 21, at 9:45 a.m. from the funeral home, followed by a Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. in St. Robert Bellarmine Church, 198 Hagget's Pond Rd., Andover. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Merrimack Valley Hospice House, 360 North Ave, Haverhill, MA 01830, are encouraged. tewksburyfuneralhome.com
Published in The Boston Globe on May 18, 2015
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