Harold “Harry” Driscoll passed away 05/24/2023 after a long battle with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA).
Harry was the beloved husband of life-long Tewksbury resident, Barbara Ann (Smith) Driscoll and celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary on 10/06/22.
Born in Boston and raised in Brookline, he was the son of the late Harold F Driscoll and Florence (Linehan) Driscoll.
He attended Brookline High School and after graduation he joined the US Army in 1951 where he served in the 82nd Airborne, 319 Field Artillery Unit during the Korean War era. He reached the rank of Sergeant and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Parachute Badge for his active-duty service. After his discharge from the Army, he attended Boston University for 1 year.
He married the love of his life, Barbara Ann Smith, on October 06, 1956. They moved to Tewksbury where they built their home (with the help of his 3 toddler sons – there are enough nails in the home they built on Ash St, that it should never blow over - and his father-in-law, John R Smith) and family. He spent many of the weekends Barbara was working as a nurse at Lowell General, in the emergency room or at Dr. Lu’s home office with one of the kids getting stitches or X-rays. He was a Lineman and Leader at Boston Edison in Waltham for 36 years where he had as much fun pulling practical jokes on unsuspecting coworkers as he enjoyed working and the camaraderie in the locker room on rainy days, retired for a year, then worked at Market Basket # 22 (Oakdale Mall) for 19 years, stocking shelves, and socializing with his co-workers and customers.
Harry enjoyed spending time with family - trips to Vinyl Haven, Maine with John and Jeanne Ward, trips to Chantilly and Gloucester, Virginia to visit his sisters and explore the surrounding areas, cruising all over the world with friends and family, skiing with his kids or great friend Frank Carley, and family summers up in Wolfeboro, NH at Lake Winnipesaukee with life-long friend Ken Hunt and his family as well as yard work, tinkering around the house and neighborhood cookouts and get togethers. He had a very sarcastic and quick sense of humor and loved making people smile and laugh.
Besides his wife, Barbara, he is survived by 4 sons, Brian and his wife Judy (Robillard) Driscoll of Hudson, NH, Tim and his wife Lucy (Carbonneau) Driscoll of Kingston, NH, Mike and his wife Lori (Mazzola) Driscoll of Derry, NH and Ken and his wife Durene (Dunn) Driscoll as well as 2 daughters, Joanne Steeves and her husband Mark of East Dixfield, ME and Cathy Driscoll of Tewksbury; 12 grandchildren, Jamie (Driscoll) McGowan and her husband Patrick, Major Brad Driscoll USAF and his partner, Christine Ho, Gregg Driscoll, Keith Driscoll and his wife Allison (Nadler), Keri (Driscoll) Owen and her husband Chad, Michael Driscoll and his wife Natalie (Finn), Eric Steeves and his wife Morgana (Flaherty), Stephanie Steeves, Justin Steeves and his wife Jillian (Langone), Joshua Steeves and his fiancé, Laura Friedman, Nicholas Driscoll and his fiancé Nicole White and Stephen Driscoll, as well as his great grandchildren, Garren McGowen, Oren and Lyra Driscoll, Delia Driscoll, Bryson Steeves, and Lincoln, Laurel and Markos Nagle.
He was predeceased by his sisters, Florence Reck and her husband Carl of Gloucester, VA and Sally Ann Driscoll of Gloucester, VA
Relatives and friends will be received on Saturday, June 24th, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Farmer & Dee Funeral Home, 16 Lee Street, Tewksbury, immediately followed by a prayer service to be held at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Tewksbury Community Pantry, 999 Whipple Road, Tewksbury, MA 01876 or to the Massachusetts General Hospital Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Research Fund, 125 Nashua Street, Suite 540, Boston, MA 02114-1101 or online at www.giving.massgeneral.org