Rita (Sirois) Dolan's Obituary
Rita (Sirois) Dolan of Andover, died November 4, 2009 at the Lawrence General Hospital after a brief illness. The daughter of the late Mary (Devlin) and George Sirois, Rita was born April 27, 1914. She was a graduate of Lawrence High School and the Mt. Auburn Hospital School of Nursing. After many years of nursing, Rita became a realtor and worked for several offices in Andover before retiring in 1980. Proud of both her native communities of Lawrence and Andover, Rita worked as a volunteer for the Andover Republican Town Committee, several community organizations, and for over 20 years at the former Bon Secours Hospital. Toward the end of her life, she became a citizen of Red Sox Nation and was a dedicated 45's player at the Lawrence Senior Center. Rita is predeceased by her husband James F. Dolan as well as a host of family and friends, and is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, John and Carole Dolan of Grosse Pointe, MI, and her daughter, Kathleen, of Andover, as well as three grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. in St. Augustine Church, Andover. Burial will follow in the West Parish Garden Cemetery, also in Andover. Family and friends may call on Friday, November 6, 2009 from 4 to 8 P.M. at the John Breen Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., 35 MERRIMACK ST., NORTH ANDOVER, MA. In lieu of flowers, Rita has requested that donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105. To send an online condolence or for more information, please go to www.breenfuneralhome.com.
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