Loretta M. McKinnon, 78, of Peabody Rd., Derry, NH, died Saturday, April 27, 2002, at the Integrated Health Services in Derry. She was born in Malden, Mass. on October 26, 1923, a daughter of the late Walter and Lena (Thompson) Buckley. She was a resident of Derry since 1996, formerly living in Pelham, NH and Framingham, Mass. for 30 years. She had been employed as an office worker for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. in Waltham, Mass. She was the widow of Robert F. McKinnon Sr. who died in 1985.
She is survived by her daughter, Karen A. Lemieux of Pelham, her son, Robert F. McKinnon Jr. of Campton, NH, five grandchildren, one sister, Mildred Whitehouse of Norfolk, Va., several nieces, nephews and cousins.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Thursday, May 2nd at 2:00 at St. Marks Church, corner of Mammoth Rd. and South Rd., Londonderry, NH, with cremation following. Friends may call at the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 15 Birch St., Derry on Wednesday, May 1st from 7 – 9. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Gail Singer Memorial Bldg., 360 State Rt. 101, Suite 501, Bedford, NH 03110-5032 or to the Rockingham VNA-Hospice, 137 Epping Rd., Exeter, NH 03833.