Gilford-----Dorothy (Meehan) O’Hara, 87, of 47 Sprucewood Drive died at her home on Thursday, February 27, 2014.
Mrs. O’Hara was born December 4, 1926 in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, the daughter of the late Arthur and Mary (Stone) Meehan.
Mrs. O’Hara had been a resident of Gilford for forty years and was a devout Catholic, wonderful homemaker and adored mother.
Survivors include her husband of sixty-seven years, Donagh “Don” O’Hara, of Gilford; a son, Kevin and his companion, Dana, of Seattle, Washington; three daughters, Donna and her husband, William, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Susan of Eliot, Maine, and Kathleen and her husband, Larry, of San Francisco, California; three grandchildren, Sally Szwed of New York City, Christopher DiNola of Kittery, Maine and Jason DiNola of Eliot, Maine; a sister, Patricia Meehan, of Naples, Florida and dear friends and spiritual supporters, Sandra and John McGonagle of Gilford. Mrs. O’Hara was predeceased by an infant son, Peter.
There will be no calling hours.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 11AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish at St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, N.H.
Spring burial will be in the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery, Gilford, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, N.H. 03246.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements.