A true culinary artist, tech wizard and birth control specialist, Lois Elaine Galvin left this world on December 18, 2023 at the age of 81. For those that knew Lois: her children Deborah Ann, Donna Marie, Diane Elaine, John Thomas and Patrick Michael, five grandchildren, large extended family and lifelong friends know that the only truth to the first sentence was the day she passed.
Never having the desire to have five children, she claimed to have tried multiple methods of birth control. The first was making her husband of 38 years before his passing in 2001, Thomas Galvin, work three jobs to ensure limited contact. She once claimed to have gotten pregnant somewhere between gall bladder surgery and leaving the hospital.
The sheer fact none of her five children suffered from malnutrition is a miracle. Equally as miraculous is the fact that Lois lived a relative healthy life surviving on peanut butter and jelly, cheerios, cheeseburgers and pumpkin pie chased down by Maxwell House instant coffee. Her version of heaven would involve a personal Geek Squad to fix her chronically broken cell phone and a chef that specializes in toddler cuisine.
In the early years, theme songs of General Hospital, Murder, She Wrote and the Golden Girls rang through the house along with her occasional verbal disappointment in character decisions and her infectious laugh. Nighttime involved porn in the novel form. In hindsight, sympathy goes out to her husband. The quantity of Harlequin romance novels consumed would render any real-life partner’s journey for passion and excitement wildly unattainable.
Lois’s sweet disposition and smart-aleck sense of humor was enjoyed by all. Even if it was a random stranger in the supermarket, doctors office or anywhere a conversation could be struck. Her creativity represented by thousands of cross-stitched masterpieces will live on for generations. She lived an amazing life full of travel and laughter. Her dimpled smile to never be forgotten. Join us on Saturday, January 20, 2024 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. at Casper Funeral Home located at 187 Dorchester Street in Boston for memories, laughter and peanut, butter and jelly. Lois didn’t drink alcohol, but we sure will.