Gertrude Keefe

Gertrude H. (Walker) Keefe, 80, of Groveland, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston after a brief illness.Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Gertrude (Gillespie) Walker. She was a graduate of St. Rose High School in Chelsea, Class of 1947.Mrs. Keefe was employed as a receptionist by the Summer OB/GYN Associates in Haverhill. Previously she worked for the Town of Groveland as the Administrative Assistant for the Police Department, and in the Groveland school system.She was part of the family of service staff at the DiBurro’s Function Hall in Ward Hill for many years. A fiercely independent woman, she enjoyed music, reading, baking, talking politics, and entertaining friends at her home while chatting over tea. She loved the ocean and summers spent on North Beach in Hampton, N.H. with her family. She gave time to her community by volunteering at the Groveland Council on Aging.The widow of the late John J. “Bud” Keefe, Sr., she leaves her daughter, Kathleen and her husband Donald E. Dager, of Hampstead, N.H. two sons, Michael D. Keefe, and his wife Daleyn of Hampton, N.H., and John J. “Jack” Keefe, Jr., also of Hampton, N.H. four grandchildren, Steffen M. and Beth A. Dager, of Hampstead, N.H., Kally A. and Katie L. Keefe, of Hampton, N.H. and three great-grandchildren, Madison, Isabella, and Alexandra Russell.ARRANGEMENTS: Friends and family are respectfully invited to call on Thursday at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St. (Route 125), Haverhill, from 4 until 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 10 a.m. from the funeral home with a Mass of Christian burial to be celebrated at 11 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church, 110 Lincoln Ave., Haverhill. Burial is private. www.comeaufuneral.com.