Groveland \u2013 James M. Sheehan, 65, husband and soulmate of Sandra Lee (Burke) Sheehan of 40 years, loving father of Sarah Sheehan passed away December 19, 2021 at Holy Family Hospital in Haverhill, MA, surrounded by his family.<\/p>\n
Born in Haverhill, MA, he was the son of the late William F. and Arline M. (Kelleher) Sheehan. He was a graduate of Pentucket High School (Class of 1974) and continued his education at Northeast Institute. James retired from Grinnell Mechanical and previously worked for Francis H. Maroney as a Service Manager. He was a member of the Local 537 Pipefitters Union. He graduated from the Massachusetts Fire Academy in 1975 and was also an EMT. He was on the Groveland Fire Department as a Captain and served for over 25 years. Since 2002, he was the Commissioner of the Groveland Water and Sewer Department.<\/p>\n
James was a member of the Haverhill Hound Rod and Gun Club, the National Rifle Association, the East Branch Snowmobile Association of ME and the Harley Davidson Club. He enjoyed playing cribbage, 45\u2019s and driving his Porsche on the weekends. James also enjoyed camping, boating, golfing and water skiing in Sebago Lake, ME. He was a loyal fan of NASCAR, the New England Patriots and Barrett Jackson. James loved to travel with his friends and family, cooking in his home he built by hand in 1987 and he was an avid snowmobiler in the entire State of Maine.<\/p>\n
Along with his wife and daughter, he is survived by his brother William Sheehan, from Groveland, as well as his sister Maureen Emde and her husband Ed from Wilmington, along with several nieces, nephews, cousins and lifelong friends. He also leaves his two favorite dogs, Brady and Mack.<\/p>\n
Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend calling hours on Monday, December 27 from 4:00PM until 7:00PM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St., Haverhill, MA. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, December 28 at the Groveland Congregational Church, 4 King St., Groveland, MA at 11:00AM. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery, 161 Main St., Groveland, MA. If you would like to make a donation in James\u2019 name, the family kindly asks to donate to Massachusetts General Hospital \u2013 Cancer Center Boston. https:\/\/giving.massgeneral.org\/donate<\/a>\u00a0 Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Groveland \u2013 James M. Sheehan, 65, husband and soulmate of Sandra Lee (Burke) Sheehan of 40 years, loving father of Sarah Sheehan passed away December 19, 2021 at Holy Family Hospital in Haverhill, MA, surrounded by his family. Born in Haverhill, MA, he was the son of the late William F. and Arline M. (Kelleher) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3029","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\/3029","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=3029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}