HAVERHILL – Martha B. (Pelletier) DesOrmeaux, 93, widow of her husband of 65 years Russell E. DesOrmeaux, passed away at her home peacefully on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
Born in Nashua, NH, she was the daughter of the late Francis X. and Blanche Y. (Girouard) Pelletier. She was a graduate of Haverhill High School, Class of 1950. Martha, more affectionately known as Meme later in life was a loving mother of five, grandmother of five, and great grandmother of four. She loved her animals as family with many pets over the year’s most notably Ceres, a Golden Retriever who passed years ago and who she will be interred with, alongside her husband and sister, Doris. She loved lighthouses and visiting the beach every weekend with her husband and dog to collect shells and sand dollars, which she used to decorate their home. Their home was the center of family gatherings for holidays summertime cookouts with so many extended friends and family over the years. She especially loved having her grandchildren and great grandchildren visit. She had a green thumb and loved gardening. She grew some of the best fresh produce, often in such abundance friends and family would drop by and pick up fresh vegetables, nobody ever left hungry.
She was the heart and soul of the family and will be sorely missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her, three sons; Russell E. DesOrmeaux Jr., of Big Pine Key, FL, Peter A. DesOrmeaux and his wife Tracy, of Haverhill, and Paul F. DesOrmeaux, of New York City, two daughters; Deborah A. Hammer, of Haverhill, and Teresa E. DesOrmeaux-Brewster and her husband James Brewster, of Inverness FL; five grandchildren, Sterling A. Hammer Jr. and his wife, Jennifer, Matthew DesOrmeaux, Daniel DesOrmeaux, Amy DesOrmeaux, and Taylor DesOrmeaux; and four great grandchildren, Atom, Zero, Lily and Paul DesOrmeaux. She was preceded by two brothers, Conrad, Robert and four sisters Lorraine, Theresa, Marguerite, and Doris.
ARRANGEMENTS: A funeral service will be held at Walnut Cemetery on June 8that 1:00 PM with a celebration of life at 374 Kenoza Street following. Arrangements are under the direction of the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home 486 Main St. Haverhill. Memorial donations may be made in her memory to the Animal Rescue Merrimack Valley at www.armv.org. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook, or www.comeaufuneral.com
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Cathy Brouillard Robinson says
April 1, 2024 at 9:07 pmI’m so sorry to hear of Martha’s passing. So many memories of my childhood spent at your house and she was always so good to all of us kids that just descended on her. She was a dear friend to my mom, Jean, and I loved when she along with Ida and Doris came up to Maine for their snacking and card playing weekends. She was a special lady in all our hearts and I hope her memories bring your families comfort.