Florence B. “Flo” Martel, 95, formerly of Derry, NH died Tuesday March 21, 2023 at Salemhaven Nursing Center, Salem, NH. Flo was born in Lynn, MA on November 12, 1927, the daughter of late Alexander and Florence (Dagley) Hollingsworth. She had resided in Derry since 1970, formerly living in Lynn, MA.
Flo was a longtime communicant of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Derry where she also worked as a bookkeeper for more than 20 years. She enjoyed ballroom and square dancing. Flo loved to sew and bake. She will be remembered as a loving mother and doting grandmother with a sweet sense of humor. She always had a cake ready for company and loved to cheer on the Red Sox. She was easily loved by all who met her and will be sincerely missed.
She is survived by four children, Stephen Martel and his wife Susan of Groveland, MA, Cheryl Tiano and her husband Thomas of Tyngsboro, MA, Maureen Hutchins and her husband Michael of Derry, and Denise Giroux and husband Sam Pollini of Epping, NH, six grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, two sisters, Ruth Hollingsworth, and Elaine McIlvena, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband George Martel, who passed in 2006, her siblings, Donald and Lee Hollingsworth, and Janet Pitucha as well as her son-in-law Donald Giroux.
Following cremation, a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday March 27, 2023 at 10:30am at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 26 Crystal Ave., Derry. Friends may call prior to the Mass from 9 – 10:00am at the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 15 Birch St., Derry. Burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, Londonderry, NH.