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Dolores Rose Maciak Sheehan
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December 26, 1932 – July 22, 2018
Eugene - Dolores Rose Maciak Sheehan was born on December 26, 1932 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the third of seven children born to Polish immigrants Sophia and Antony Maciak.
She died July 22, 2018 in Eugene, Oregon surrounded by loved ones.
She was raised and educated in the Lowell area. She obtained her Nursing Education through a scholarship provided by the Lowell Sun Newspaper, receiving her RN in 1953.
She met the love of her life through a patient she tended to while working at the Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. She wed Gerald Anthony Sheehan, Sr. on July 2, 1954. It was a small ceremony that proved mighty; as Gerald, Sr. and "Doll", as Dad called her, celebrated marital bliss that lasted 50 years until Dad passed in 2005.
They resided in South Braintree, Massachusetts before moving to the Salem-Keizer area in 1962; a pregnant Dolores with four youngsters in tow. What a horrible sight to arrive to: downed trees, power outages and debris left everywhere in the wake of the infamous "Columbus Day Storm". Dad always promised Doll he would take her back to Massachusetts if she didn't like Oregon. She didn't, but they stayed anyway.
After the move in 1962 she obtained employment at the Salem General Hospital. After the General and Memorial hospitals merged, she transferred to the main Salem Hospital campus as a Nursing Administrator until retiring in 1992 after 26 years of service.
Dolores felt her accomplishments included: being a long time communicant of St. Edward Catholic Church in Keizer, Oregon; a volunteer at St. Jude Food Bank of St. Vincent de Paul (where she worked alongside Gerald, Sr.); a long time participant in a Cancer Research and Women's program.
She enjoyed singing (and had a beautiful voice), bingo, Reno trips and visiting family and friends in Massachusetts and Florida. She was an avid Bunko player for over 20 years.
Dolores is survived by eldest son, Gerald, Jr. (aka Jerry) of Kodiak, Alaska; daughter, Susan, of Springfield; youngest son, John, of Las Vegas, Nevada; sisters: Laura LeRiche, of Pelham, New Hampshire, Blanche Maciak, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and Elaine Maciak, of Westford, Massachusetts; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sophia and Antony Maciak; brother, Anthony Maciak; sisters: Eleanor Maciak and Irene Desrosiers; her husband and best friend, Gerald Sheehan, Sr.; daughter, Theresa Mills; and two infants, Anne Marie and Matthew.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the St Vincent's de Paul Society food bank on Portland Road in Salem.
Graveside committal will be Thursday, Aug 2, 2018, 10:30 am at Restlawn Memory Gardens and Funeral Home, 201 Oak Grove Rd. NW, Salem, Oregon. Memorial services To Be Determined.
Arrangements are by Restlawn Funeral Home.
Published in the Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon on August 1st, 2018.
Dolores Rose Maciak Sheehan
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December 26, 1932 – July 22, 2018
Eugene - Dolores Rose Maciak Sheehan was born on December 26, 1932 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the third of seven children born to Polish immigrants Sophia and Antony Maciak.
She died July 22, 2018 in Eugene, Oregon surrounded by loved ones.
She was raised and educated in the Lowell area. She obtained her Nursing Education through a scholarship provided by the Lowell Sun Newspaper, receiving her RN in 1953.
She met the love of her life through a patient she tended to while working at the Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. She wed Gerald Anthony Sheehan, Sr. on July 2, 1954. It was a small ceremony that proved mighty; as Gerald, Sr. and "Doll", as Dad called her, celebrated marital bliss that lasted 50 years until Dad passed in 2005.
They resided in South Braintree, Massachusetts before moving to the Salem-Keizer area in 1962; a pregnant Dolores with four youngsters in tow. What a horrible sight to arrive to: downed trees, power outages and debris left everywhere in the wake of the infamous "Columbus Day Storm". Dad always promised Doll he would take her back to Massachusetts if she didn't like Oregon. She didn't, but they stayed anyway.
After the move in 1962 she obtained employment at the Salem General Hospital. After the General and Memorial hospitals merged, she transferred to the main Salem Hospital campus as a Nursing Administrator until retiring in 1992 after 26 years of service.
Dolores felt her accomplishments included: being a long time communicant of St. Edward Catholic Church in Keizer, Oregon; a volunteer at St. Jude Food Bank of St. Vincent de Paul (where she worked alongside Gerald, Sr.); a long time participant in a Cancer Research and Women's program.
She enjoyed singing (and had a beautiful voice), bingo, Reno trips and visiting family and friends in Massachusetts and Florida. She was an avid Bunko player for over 20 years.
Dolores is survived by eldest son, Gerald, Jr. (aka Jerry) of Kodiak, Alaska; daughter, Susan, of Springfield; youngest son, John, of Las Vegas, Nevada; sisters: Laura LeRiche, of Pelham, New Hampshire, Blanche Maciak, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and Elaine Maciak, of Westford, Massachusetts; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sophia and Antony Maciak; brother, Anthony Maciak; sisters: Eleanor Maciak and Irene Desrosiers; her husband and best friend, Gerald Sheehan, Sr.; daughter, Theresa Mills; and two infants, Anne Marie and Matthew.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the St Vincent's de Paul Society food bank on Portland Road in Salem.
Graveside committal will be Thursday, Aug 2, 2018, 10:30 am at Restlawn Memory Gardens and Funeral Home, 201 Oak Grove Rd. NW, Salem, Oregon. Memorial services To Be Determined.
Arrangements are by Restlawn Funeral Home.
Published in the Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon on August 1st, 2018.
༺✿✿✿༻ LOVING MEMORY ༺✿✿✿༻
Dolores Rose Maciak Sheehan
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December 26, 1932 – July 22, 2018
Eugene - Dolores Rose Maciak Sheehan was born on December 26, 1932 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the third of seven children born to Polish immigrants Sophia and Antony Maciak.
She died July 22, 2018 in Eugene, Oregon surrounded by loved ones.
She was raised and educated in the Lowell area. She obtained her Nursing Education through a scholarship provided by the Lowell Sun Newspaper, receiving her RN in 1953.
She met the love of her life through a patient she tended to while working at the Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. She wed Gerald Anthony Sheehan, Sr. on July 2, 1954. It was a small ceremony that proved mighty; as Gerald, Sr. and "Doll", as Dad called her, celebrated marital bliss that lasted 50 years until Dad passed in 2005.
They resided in South Braintree, Massachusetts before moving to the Salem-Keizer area in 1962; a pregnant Dolores with four youngsters in tow. What a horrible sight to arrive to: downed trees, power outages and debris left everywhere in the wake of the infamous "Columbus Day Storm". Dad always promised Doll he would take her back to Massachusetts if she didn't like Oregon. She didn't, but they stayed anyway.
After the move in 1962 she obtained employment at the Salem General Hospital. After the General and Memorial hospitals merged, she transferred to the main Salem Hospital campus as a Nursing Administrator until retiring in 1992 after 26 years of service.
Dolores felt her accomplishments included: being a long time communicant of St. Edward Catholic Church in Keizer, Oregon; a volunteer at St. Jude Food Bank of St. Vincent de Paul (where she worked alongside Gerald, Sr.); a long time participant in a Cancer Research and Women's program.
She enjoyed singing (and had a beautiful voice), bingo, Reno trips and visiting family and friends in Massachusetts and Florida. She was an avid Bunko player for over 20 years.
Dolores is survived by eldest son, Gerald, Jr. (aka Jerry) of Kodiak, Alaska; daughter, Susan, of Springfield; youngest son, John, of Las Vegas, Nevada; sisters: Laura LeRiche, of Pelham, New Hampshire, Blanche Maciak, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and Elaine Maciak, of Westford, Massachusetts; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sophia and Antony Maciak; brother, Anthony Maciak; sisters: Eleanor Maciak and Irene Desrosiers; her husband and best friend, Gerald Sheehan, Sr.; daughter, Theresa Mills; and two infants, Anne Marie and Matthew.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the St Vincent's de Paul Society food bank on Portland Road in Salem.
Graveside committal will be Thursday, Aug 2, 2018, 10:30 am at Restlawn Memory Gardens and Funeral Home, 201 Oak Grove Rd. NW, Salem, Oregon. Memorial services To Be Determined.
Arrangements are by Restlawn Funeral Home.
Published in the Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon on August 1st, 2018.
Dolores Rose Maciak Sheehan
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December 26, 1932 – July 22, 2018
Eugene - Dolores Rose Maciak Sheehan was born on December 26, 1932 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the third of seven children born to Polish immigrants Sophia and Antony Maciak.
She died July 22, 2018 in Eugene, Oregon surrounded by loved ones.
She was raised and educated in the Lowell area. She obtained her Nursing Education through a scholarship provided by the Lowell Sun Newspaper, receiving her RN in 1953.
She met the love of her life through a patient she tended to while working at the Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. She wed Gerald Anthony Sheehan, Sr. on July 2, 1954. It was a small ceremony that proved mighty; as Gerald, Sr. and "Doll", as Dad called her, celebrated marital bliss that lasted 50 years until Dad passed in 2005.
They resided in South Braintree, Massachusetts before moving to the Salem-Keizer area in 1962; a pregnant Dolores with four youngsters in tow. What a horrible sight to arrive to: downed trees, power outages and debris left everywhere in the wake of the infamous "Columbus Day Storm". Dad always promised Doll he would take her back to Massachusetts if she didn't like Oregon. She didn't, but they stayed anyway.
After the move in 1962 she obtained employment at the Salem General Hospital. After the General and Memorial hospitals merged, she transferred to the main Salem Hospital campus as a Nursing Administrator until retiring in 1992 after 26 years of service.
Dolores felt her accomplishments included: being a long time communicant of St. Edward Catholic Church in Keizer, Oregon; a volunteer at St. Jude Food Bank of St. Vincent de Paul (where she worked alongside Gerald, Sr.); a long time participant in a Cancer Research and Women's program.
She enjoyed singing (and had a beautiful voice), bingo, Reno trips and visiting family and friends in Massachusetts and Florida. She was an avid Bunko player for over 20 years.
Dolores is survived by eldest son, Gerald, Jr. (aka Jerry) of Kodiak, Alaska; daughter, Susan, of Springfield; youngest son, John, of Las Vegas, Nevada; sisters: Laura LeRiche, of Pelham, New Hampshire, Blanche Maciak, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and Elaine Maciak, of Westford, Massachusetts; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sophia and Antony Maciak; brother, Anthony Maciak; sisters: Eleanor Maciak and Irene Desrosiers; her husband and best friend, Gerald Sheehan, Sr.; daughter, Theresa Mills; and two infants, Anne Marie and Matthew.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the St Vincent's de Paul Society food bank on Portland Road in Salem.
Graveside committal will be Thursday, Aug 2, 2018, 10:30 am at Restlawn Memory Gardens and Funeral Home, 201 Oak Grove Rd. NW, Salem, Oregon. Memorial services To Be Determined.
Arrangements are by Restlawn Funeral Home.
Published in the Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon on August 1st, 2018.
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