HUDSON, NH - Gertrude F. (Young) McAuliffe, 80, a resident of Hudson, NH, and formerly of Lowell, died at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH after an extended illness. She was the wife of the late Daniel J. McAuliffe Sr., who died in 1999.
She was born in Winchendon on September 5, 1927, and was a daughter of the late Harold and Edith (Avery) Young. She received her education in Cambridge schools and was a graduate of Cambridge Latin High School.
Mrs. McAuliffe spent her life tending to the needs of her home and family.
She enjoyed spending time with her dogs.
She is survived by a son Robert F. McAuliffe and his fiancé Deanna Booth, both of Haverhill; two daughters Gayle P. Hogue and her husband Mark of Hudson, NH, and Edith M. Taddeo and her husband Anthony Sr. of Chelmsford; a daughter-in-law Linda McAuliffe-Fraiser of Newton; twelve grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren; two sisters Edith Lohnes of Lowell, and Barbara Mason of Taunton; a brother Harold Young of Michigan; and many nieces and nephews.
She was also the mother of the late Charles E. McAuliffe, Daniel J. McAuliffe Jr., and Michelle McAuliffe; the grandmother of the late Danielle Taddeo-Dupont; and the great grandmother of the late Anthony A. Dupont.
Friends may call at the DRACUT FUNERAL HOME, 2159 Lakeview Avenue, DRACUT, on Wednesday from 4 until 8PM. Her Graveside Funeral Service will be held on Thursday at 12 Noon at the Newton Cemetery in Newton. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her name to the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St.,, Framingham, MA 01701.