Rose Hynes Allen, 92, the widow of the late Thomas J. Allen, Sr., died peacefully in her home with family at her side on Monday, June 22, after a brief illness. She was born in Lawrence, Mass, the daughter of the late Thomas F. and Mary Teresa Kelleher Hynes.
Rose was a graduate of St. Patrick Grammar School, St. Patrick Girls High School, and Bryant MacIntosh Business School. She was employed by the New England Telephone Company until 1955 and then in her husband’s private law office.
Rose was an active member of St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence where she had served as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, member of the Needlepoint Guild, and member of the Parish Pastoral Council. More recently, she volunteered with the Outreach Group and the St. Matthew ministry. Rose was a 50-year member of the parish’s Our Lady’s Sodality. Rose was also a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the St. Clare League of Catholic Women.
Her survivors include: daughter, Ann Marie Allen of Lawrence; son, Thomas J. Allen, Jr. and his wife Cheryl of Rutland, Mass.; son Francis P. Allen and his wife Ellen of Methuen, Mass.; son Christopher J. Allen and his wife Judi of Methuen, Mass.; son Paul D. Allen and his wife Jennifer of Lexington, Mass.; and daughter Mary Teresa Lombardo and her husband, John of Windsor, Connecticut; and fifteen grandchildren
Rose was predeceased by her siblings, Edward Hynes, Walter Hynes, Margaret Maguire, and Sr. Agnes Hynes, SC.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. in St. Patrick’s Church, 118 South Broadway, Lawrence, MA. Burial will follow in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in North Andover, MA. Relatives and friends may call on Friday, June 26, 2015 from 4 to 8 P.M. at the John Breen Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., 122 Amesbury St., Lawrence, MA.
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