Haverhill \u2013 Charlotte R. Johnston, (Hillidge), 82, of Haverhill, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at her home.<\/p>\n
Charlotte was born in Haverhill on March 10, 1940 and was the daughter of the late Benjamin Hillidge and Mary (Grazio) Rapaglia and Frank Rapaglia.<\/p>\n
Charlotte was raised in Haverhill and was a graduate of Haverhill High School. \u00a0Charlotte was the pick-up mom for her sons\u2019 hockey games at 6am, where she was also their biggest cheerleader. She loved watching them play the game.\u00a0 Her love for the ocean, floating over the waves with her sister Frances, was always a favorite.\u00a0\u00a0 She also enjoyed gambling! From cards to scratch tickets to family pokeno games and of course her trips to Foxwoods, where she never lost.<\/p>\n
Charlotte was also her daughters\u2019 biggest cheerleader. Through it all, teaching them how to be the amazing woman she was \u2026 unique.<\/p>\n
Charlotte loved cooking and sharing her food with others. Sunday dinners with family is where she really shined.\u00a0 A generous, caring, welcoming woman who always loved unconditionally and gave her smile to all around her, Charlotte was a blessing and will forever be missed.<\/p>\n
Charlotte was the loving mother of Mark R. Johnston and his wife Gina of Haverhill, Scott M. Johnston and his wife Ellen of Lowell, Kelly Perez of Haverhill, and Steve Tingley of Plaistow NH.\u00a0 She was the sister of Frances Arzoonian of Bradford and the cherished grandmother of James Johnston, Lainey Johnston, Casey Johnston, Courtney Johnston, Jennifer Calnan, Joseph Calnan, Joshua Perez, and Ashley DeMont. She was the great-grandmother of Ava Quintal, Domenic Cantone, and Nicolena Cantone, and aunt to Carol Johnston. \u00a0\u00a0She is also survived by her longtime significant other Ronnie Zangari.<\/p>\n
She was predeceased by her daughter Mary Tingley, sister Marie Caputi and a brother-in-law \u00a0Michael Arzoonian.<\/p>\n
Family and friends are respectfully invited to calling hours in the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St., Haverhill on Tuesday, February 21 from 4:00PM until 7:00PM. A Funeral Service will be held in the funeral home on Wednesday, February 22 at 11AM. Interment, Plaistow Cemetery, Plaistow, NH. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Haverhill \u2013 Charlotte R. Johnston, (Hillidge), 82, of Haverhill, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at her home. Charlotte was born in Haverhill on March 10, 1940 and was the daughter of the late Benjamin Hillidge and Mary (Grazio) Rapaglia and Frank Rapaglia. Charlotte was raised in Haverhill and was a graduate of Haverhill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ma","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723","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=3723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}