Ethel P. Merritt
Retired Administrative Secretary, Saints Medical Center
Ethel P. (Powers) Merritt, 87, a member of a well known Greater Lowell family, died Monday morning Oct. 10th at Wingate at Belvidere with her family by her side. She was the wife of William F. Merritt, with whom she celebrated 52 years of marriage this month.
Born in Lowell, MA, March 15, 1924, the daughter of the late Walter T. and the late Ethel (Geary) Powers, she attended Lowell schools and was a graduate of Lowell High School in the Class of 1942. Ethel was theVice President of her Class at the high school and also served as a Captain in the Girl Officers. She went on to attend Lowell Commercial College.
Prior to her retirement, Ethel was an Executive Secretary for the administration at the former St. John’s Hospital (now known as Saints Medical Center). For several years she also worked in Washington, D.C. Among her positions, she worked as secretary on the House Appropriations Committee for the Congressman Gerald Ford; and as secretary to Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin.
She also attended the Immaculate Conception Church in Lowell.
Among her many interests, Ethel enjoyed music and traveling with her husband Bill.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters Patrice Merritt-McInnis of Lowell and Pamela Nusbaum and her husband Theodore of Londonderry, NH; a son John G. Merritt of Derry, NH; five grandchildren Meaghan McInnis, Garin McInnis, Abigail Nusbaum, Rebeccah Nusbaum and Samuel Nusbaum; two sisters Kathleen Daly of Lowell, and Judy Reimer of Cathedral City, CA; a brother William Powers and his wife Shirley of Chelmsford; and many nieces and nephews.
She was also mother of the late William A. Merritt and sister of the late Brenda Fergola, her twin, Mary McInerney and the late Walter T. Powers.
Ethel’s family would like to thank the staff at Wingate at Belvidere for their loving care and compassion during her stay with them.
MERRITT – In Lowell, October 10, 2011, at Wingate, Ethel P. (Powers) Merritt, 87, of Lowell, wife of William F. Merritt. Friends may call at the O’DONNELL FUNERAL HOME 276 PAWTUCKET ST. at Fletcher from 4 to 8 P.M. Friday. Her Funeral will take place from the funeral home Saturday morning at 10 o’clock followed by a Funeral Mass at the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH (Lower church) at 11 o’clock. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery, Tewksbury. Those wishing may make contributions in her memory to the Celebration of Life, P.O. Box 7166 Lowell, MA 01853, or the Immaculate Conception Building Fund, 3 Fayette St., Lowell, MA 01852 or the Ironstone Farm, 450 Lowell St., Andover, MA 01810. E-condolences/directions at odonnellfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by Funeral Directors James F. O’Donnell, Jr. and John W. Crane (978 or 866) 458-8768.
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