Elizabeth A. Irwin
...retired Heath Brook School Secretary; 86
TEWKSBURY - Elizabeth A. “Betty” (Powers) Irwin, age 86, a well known resident ofTewksbury for over five decades, died Saturday morning, Jan. 11, at Saint’s Memorial MedicalCenter in Lowell after a brief illness. For 56 years, she was the wife of the late William J. IrwinSr., who died in December 1999.
She was born in Cambridge, Sept. 15, 1916, a daughter of the late Karl and Elizabeth (Logue)Powers. She was raised in Cambridge, but had lived in Tewksbury since 1948.
She retired from the Tewksbury School Department’s Heath Brook School, where she worked asschool secretary from 1957 to 1984.
She was a communicant of St. William’s Parish in Tewksbury.
She is survived by four sons and daughters-in-law, William J. and Mary Lou (Gilhooly) Irwin Jr.of Fallston, MD, Edward L. and Marian (Vincent) Irwin of Arlington, John S. and Kathryn(Risteen) Irwin of Tewksbury, Brian P. and Margaret (Carlino) Irwin of New Boston, NH, abrother and sister-in-law, Karl J. and his wife Ursula (Horgan) Powers of Tewksbury, fourgrandchildren, Lou Ann Clotworthy of MD, Patrick Irwin of Tewksbury, Matthew and BenjaminIrwin of NH, four step grandchildren, Charles and James Owens of OH, Jennifer Owens ofFitchburg, Rebecca Owens of Chelmsford, two great grandchildren, Colin and MeghanClotworthy and two step great grandchildren, Matthew Lubao, and Devon Hartigan, and manynieces and nephews..
She was also sister of the late John Powers and Edward Powers.
Her Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, Jan. 14, in St. William’s Church. Interment was in Tewksbury Cemetery.