Haverhill \u2013 Richard G. Ferguson, 69, husband of Patricia (Harb) Ferguson, passed away October 1, 2021 at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen with his loving family by his side.<\/p>\n
Born in Lawrence, he was the son of the late George O. and Christine (Lazzara) Ferguson. He grew up in Lawrence and attended St. Monica\u2019s School through the 8th<\/sup> grade and was a graduate of Tenney High School, Class of 1971. Richard was employed for 21 years in the shipping department for Lucent Technologies and following his retirement he was a much loved van driver for Sarah\u2019s Place. He loved taking care of the elderly and cherished his job there. He enjoyed traveling and clothes shopping with his wife Pat. Known for his great sense of humor, his boisterous voice and huge heart, Richard was liked by all and had a curious mind, always wanted to keep learning. He was very athletic, playing basketball, jogging, playing tennis and lifting weights. An avid reader, he enjoyed getting the worldly news from the newspapers and television. With his positive attitude, he always took things in stride and was even keeled. Richard enjoyed all kinds of sports but spending time with his family was his greatest joy. A devoted husband, father and brother, he will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.<\/p>\n In addition to his loving wife Patricia, he is survived by his son, Matthew J. Ferguson of Haverhill and sister, Patricia M. Ferguson of Methuen; brother and sister in law Attorney Robert D. Harb and his wife Cindy of Plaistow, NH; and two nieces, Christine and Sarah.<\/p>\n A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, October 5 at 11:00AM in St. Anthony Maronite Church, 145 Amesbury Street, Lawrence. Burial will follow in St. Anthony\u2019s Cemetery, No. Lowell Street, Methuen. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to St. Anthony Maronite Church. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Haverhill \u2013 Richard G. Ferguson, 69, husband of Patricia (Harb) Ferguson, passed away October 1, 2021 at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen with his loving family by his side. Born in Lawrence, he was the son of the late George O. and Christine (Lazzara) Ferguson. He grew up in Lawrence and attended St. Monica\u2019s School […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}