Methuen, MA- Elaine M. (Bechard) Foderaro, 78, died Thursday, January 13th at the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen.
Born in Rumford, ME on April 6, 1932, Elaine was the daughter of Paul N. and Elizabeth (Arsenault) Bechard. After graduation from Lawrence High School in 1949, Elaine attended Macintosh Business College in Lawrence and graduated with a certificate in accounting. Upon graduation she worked for Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Her life's work and greatest pleasure was raising her five children in which she took great pride.
Elaine is survived by her husband of 56 years, Frank A. Foderaro, their 5 children, Vito V. Foderaro and his wife Melissa of Derry, NH, Lisa A. Colbert and her husband Jim of Candia, NH, Elaine F. DeHority of Hamilton, MA, Frank P. Foderaro of Methuen, and Matthew J. Foderaro of San Francisco, CA. She will also be deeply missed by her six grandchildren, Adam and Jacob Marcello, Anthony and Jenna Foderaro and Samuel and Emily DeHority, her two sisters, Pauline Levy of Lawrence and Theresa Grey of NH, and her in-laws, Henry and Anne Foderaro of Methuen, Salvatore and Alice Privitera of Methuen, Ronnie and Kay Jesser of Weymouth and Almeida Foderaro of Methuen, and several nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: Relatives and friends are invited to pay their respects from 5-7 on Monday, January 17th at the Kenneth H. Pollard Funeral Home 233 Lawrence St., Methuen. A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. at St. Monica’s Church in Methuen. Burial will take place at a later date.
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