Joe,Judith,Joyce and John Please accept our deepest condolences on the passing of your beloved mother.The Huards were our next door neighbors, until they decided to move to Florida. Mike and Elinor Burns
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Obituaries Notices Virginia Huard
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Virginia Huard Virginia (Marcotte) Huard, 88 years old, died peacefully with her loving family at her side on October 26, 2021, in Florida.She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph R. Huard, who passed away in 1999, having been married for 43 years.Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Irene McGuigan) Marcotte and Albert J. Marcotte.Virginia was a graduate of St. Patrick's Grammar and High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (Cum Laude) from Boston College in 1954.She started her nursing career with the Boston Visiting Nurse Association and after marriage with the Lowell Visiting Nurse Association.While raising her family, she became actively involved with the needs of the developmentally disabled in the Greater Lowell community. Starting a new career, she went on to become President and then Executive Director of the Greater Lowell Association for Retarded Citizens, a United Fund agency now known as LifeLinks.Virginia also worked with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and during her tenure many new programs were initiated including respite care, the first two community residences in Lowell and Chelmsford, and day activity programs for clients. She was also a participant in the beginnings of Camp Paul, Camp Grotonwood and in welcoming and participating in the new Special Olympics program to Lowell.Following her retirement, she returned to her first love of public health nursing as a supervisor at the Lowell Visiting Nurses Association. Upon her family's move to Delray Beach, FL, she became first a volunteer and then an area nurse with Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, FL.A communicant of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lowell, she later attended the Ascension Catholic Church in Boca Raton, FL.Her continued interest in the developmentally challenged led her to establish the Foundation for Independent Living, in Coconut Creek, FL, and served as the Secretary of the first Board of Directors. The program established 35 years ago, now provides residential services to over 60 residents from across the Country.Virginia is survived by her four children: Joseph R. Huard, Jr. and his wife Catherine A. (Pugh) Huard of Lake Worth, FL, Judith A. (Huard) Kodish and her husband, Richard Kodish of Coconut Creek, FL, Joyce M. (Huard) McEnerney and her husband, Michael McEnerney of Pompano Beach, FL, and John P. Huard and his wife, Pamela (Forgays) Huard of Camden, ME.She is survived by three grandchildren: Joseph R. Huard, III and his wife Megan, Jacqueline McEnerney, and Olivia Huard.She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Vivianne Marcotte, and nephews Richard, Phillip, Peter and David Marcotte and nieces Roberta Marcotte and Paula Molloy. She was predeceased by her brothers Albert and Robert Marcotte, and daughter Joann Huard.Relatives and friends may attend her Memorial Funeral Mass at ST. PATRICK CHURCH in LOWELL Friday morning December 10, 2021, 10 o'clock followed by her Committal Services St. Joseph Cemetery in Chelmsford, MA. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the O'DONNELL FUNERAL HOME - LOWELL – MA. (978) 458-8768. |
