Maureen Patricia (Mitchell) Bailey died peacefully on March 23 in her hometown of Haverhill, MA.<\/p>\n
Born April 19, 1942, she was the only child of John H. and Mary E. (Driscoll) Mitchell. After starting her career in cosmetology, she and her husband Charles \u201cBiff\u201d Bailey opened a local business called \u201cHairstyles Unlimited\u201d.\u00a0 Later, Maureen started up \u201cBailey\u2019s Hair Care \u201c in Andover, MA , where she worked for 35 years.\u00a0 Her clients were some of her greatest friends.\u00a0 Adept at gardening, Maureen decorated her salon with floral window boxes, which were the talk of the town.\u00a0 When not working, she enjoyed many trips to Calabria, Italy with her companion John.\u00a0 In spite of her Irish heritage, Maureen had a flair for Italian cooking. Meals celebrated at Maureen\u2019s house were both elegant and impressive.\u00a0 She retired to southwest Florida, but always called New England her home.\u00a0 The family would like to thank the devoted staff at Aspen Hill in Haverhill for the care they gave her.<\/p>\n
Maureen is survived by her son Charles \u201cChip\u201d Bailey and is wife Maura, daughter Noreen Bailey and her companion Kevin Phaneuf; grandchildren Dylan Bailey and his fianc\u00e9 Alix, Charles Bailey, Madison and her wife Kyrsten Bailey, John Bailey, Dallas Bailey and Yvonne Dean-Bailey; and two great-grandchildren Quinn and Hugh.<\/p>\n
Maureen is predeceased by her husband Charles M. Bailey, and son Michael J. Bailey.<\/p>\n
Services are private. In lieu of flowers, consider a donation to Lazarus House Ministries, PO Box 408, Lawrence MA, 01842. Arrangements are in the care of the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St., Haverhill, MA.\u00a0 Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maureen Patricia (Mitchell) Bailey died peacefully on March 23 in her hometown of Haverhill, MA. Born April 19, 1942, she was the only child of John H. and Mary E. (Driscoll) Mitchell. After starting her career in cosmetology, she and her husband Charles \u201cBiff\u201d Bailey opened a local business called \u201cHairstyles Unlimited\u201d.\u00a0 Later, Maureen started […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3772","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\/3772","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=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}