A daughter of George A. and Lena A. (Donnelly) Fisher. She graduated from Chelmsford High School in 1929, and was the school's first female valedictorian, according to family members. She was a resident of the town's North Chelmsford section.
She worked as a nurse's aide at former Fort Devens and the Waltham Army Base during World War II. After the war, she worked at the veterans hospital Bedford. She later was employed with Avco Co. in Lowell, which reportedly was contracted with NASA during the Apollo missions to the moon. Prior to her retirement in 1974, she worked for Prince Spaghetti Co. of Lowell.
She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Lowell and the North Chelmsford Congregational Church in Chelmsford, where she played the organ and taught Sunday School. She was the master of the Chelmsford Grange and a member of the Pomona Grange, and the installing officer of the State and National Grange. She was Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star.
She was a pianist for the Harmon Aires Orchestra, which was her son's orchestra and played for the Town & Country Play House.
She is survived by two daughters, Barbara Velasco, and Elizabeth and her husband Joseph J. Costa; a brother, Glenn Fisher; a sister-in-law, Sylvia Goss; four grandchildren and their spouses, Virginia and Thomas Doherty, Karen Velasco-Duffy and John Duffy, Alan and Barbara Bowers, and Joseph M. and Lisa Costa; four great-grandchildren, William Doherty, Jeremy Costa, Alex Velasco-Duffy and Casey Costa.
She was the mother of Sewell E. Bowers Jr., who died in 1988, and the sister-in-law to the late Mildred Walghren.
Published by Lowell Sun on Jan. 26, 2005. (redacted)
She worked as a nurse's aide at former Fort Devens and the Waltham Army Base during World War II. After the war, she worked at the veterans hospital Bedford. She later was employed with Avco Co. in Lowell, which reportedly was contracted with NASA during the Apollo missions to the moon. Prior to her retirement in 1974, she worked for Prince Spaghetti Co. of Lowell.
She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Lowell and the North Chelmsford Congregational Church in Chelmsford, where she played the organ and taught Sunday School. She was the master of the Chelmsford Grange and a member of the Pomona Grange, and the installing officer of the State and National Grange. She was Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star.
She was a pianist for the Harmon Aires Orchestra, which was her son's orchestra and played for the Town & Country Play House.
She is survived by two daughters, Barbara Velasco, and Elizabeth and her husband Joseph J. Costa; a brother, Glenn Fisher; a sister-in-law, Sylvia Goss; four grandchildren and their spouses, Virginia and Thomas Doherty, Karen Velasco-Duffy and John Duffy, Alan and Barbara Bowers, and Joseph M. and Lisa Costa; four great-grandchildren, William Doherty, Jeremy Costa, Alex Velasco-Duffy and Casey Costa.
She was the mother of Sewell E. Bowers Jr., who died in 1988, and the sister-in-law to the late Mildred Walghren.
Published by Lowell Sun on Jan. 26, 2005. (redacted)
A daughter of George A. and Lena A. (Donnelly) Fisher. She graduated from Chelmsford High School in 1929, and was the school's first female valedictorian, according to family members. She was a resident of the town's North Chelmsford section.
She worked as a nurse's aide at former Fort Devens and the Waltham Army Base during World War II. After the war, she worked at the veterans hospital Bedford. She later was employed with Avco Co. in Lowell, which reportedly was contracted with NASA during the Apollo missions to the moon. Prior to her retirement in 1974, she worked for Prince Spaghetti Co. of Lowell.
She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Lowell and the North Chelmsford Congregational Church in Chelmsford, where she played the organ and taught Sunday School. She was the master of the Chelmsford Grange and a member of the Pomona Grange, and the installing officer of the State and National Grange. She was Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star.
She was a pianist for the Harmon Aires Orchestra, which was her son's orchestra and played for the Town & Country Play House.
She is survived by two daughters, Barbara Velasco, and Elizabeth and her husband Joseph J. Costa; a brother, Glenn Fisher; a sister-in-law, Sylvia Goss; four grandchildren and their spouses, Virginia and Thomas Doherty, Karen Velasco-Duffy and John Duffy, Alan and Barbara Bowers, and Joseph M. and Lisa Costa; four great-grandchildren, William Doherty, Jeremy Costa, Alex Velasco-Duffy and Casey Costa.
She was the mother of Sewell E. Bowers Jr., who died in 1988, and the sister-in-law to the late Mildred Walghren.
Published by Lowell Sun on Jan. 26, 2005. (redacted)
She worked as a nurse's aide at former Fort Devens and the Waltham Army Base during World War II. After the war, she worked at the veterans hospital Bedford. She later was employed with Avco Co. in Lowell, which reportedly was contracted with NASA during the Apollo missions to the moon. Prior to her retirement in 1974, she worked for Prince Spaghetti Co. of Lowell.
She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Lowell and the North Chelmsford Congregational Church in Chelmsford, where she played the organ and taught Sunday School. She was the master of the Chelmsford Grange and a member of the Pomona Grange, and the installing officer of the State and National Grange. She was Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star.
She was a pianist for the Harmon Aires Orchestra, which was her son's orchestra and played for the Town & Country Play House.
She is survived by two daughters, Barbara Velasco, and Elizabeth and her husband Joseph J. Costa; a brother, Glenn Fisher; a sister-in-law, Sylvia Goss; four grandchildren and their spouses, Virginia and Thomas Doherty, Karen Velasco-Duffy and John Duffy, Alan and Barbara Bowers, and Joseph M. and Lisa Costa; four great-grandchildren, William Doherty, Jeremy Costa, Alex Velasco-Duffy and Casey Costa.
She was the mother of Sewell E. Bowers Jr., who died in 1988, and the sister-in-law to the late Mildred Walghren.
Published by Lowell Sun on Jan. 26, 2005. (redacted)
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