Ethel M. Field
Retired Medical Secretary
TEWKSBURY: Ethel M. (LeTourneau) Field, age 87, a resident of Tewksbury for over 60 years, passed away at the Town & Country Nursing Home in Lowell on Saturday, December 7, 2013.
She was the beloved wife of Frederick J. "Joe" Field, who passed away April 14, 2001.
Born in Somerville on May 29, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Alphee LeTourneau and the late Elizabeth (Cummings) LeTourneau.
Ethel was raised in Andover, attended Andover Public Schools and graduated from the former Punchard High School.
Prior to her retirement in 1992, she worked in Lowell, as a Medical Secretary and Office Manager for Edward Tober, M.D., and previously worked in the Medical Records Department at the Lowell General Hospital.
Ethel attended the First Baptist Church of Tewksbury and the Fifth Street Baptist Church of Lowell.
She enjoyed gardening, cooking, and family vacations in Maine.
Ethel is survived by one son, Steven F. Field of Tewksbury; one daughter, Gail E. Dolan of Hudson, NH; eight grandchildren, Lisa J. Anastas, Donna C. Dolan, Valerie J. Moore, Lauren M. Brittain, Steven F. and Jeffrey A. Field, Lucy E. Brassard, and Mary Ellen MacRae; numerous great grandchildren; one brother, Emery LeTourneau and his wife Louise of Idaho; two sisters, Myrtle Robinson of Lowell and Lois Westberg and her husband William of Arizona; also many nieces and nephews.
Ethel was the mother-in-law of the late Mary Jo (Millett) Field and Arthur F. Dolan and sister of the late Geraldine Greene and Clifton LeTourneau.
Calling hours will be Tuesday, Dec. 10, from 5-8 p.m., at the Farmer & Dee Funeral Home, 16 Lee St., Tewksbury. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 10:30 a.m. in the funeral home. Interment at Tewksbury Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 311 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02472.