HAVERHILL, MA – Nancy J. (McCarthy) Williams, 84, of Haverhill, passed away Thursday, June 15 at Lawrence General Hospital, with her family by her side, after a long illness.<\/p>\n
A lifelong resident of Haverhill, she was the daughter of the late P. Joseph & Caroline McCarthy.<\/p>\n
A beloved housewife, she was known for her famous family dinners as well as having a spotless house.\u00a0 She started the 45 Card Club at West Meadow and was on the social committee for holding yard sales and cookouts.<\/p>\n
Nancy leaves behind her daughters Karen E. Williams of Haverhill, and Cheryl A. & her husband Chuck Espinola of Derry, NH; and her son Kevin A. & his wife Cheryl Williams of Haverhill.\u00a0 Five cherished grandsons, Nicholas & wife Megan Espinola of Queens, NY, Christopher Espinola of Derry, NH, and Andrew, Brian & Justin Williams of Haverhill. She also leaves behind her two great grandchildren Jack Charles Espinola & Grace Catherine Espinola.\u00a0 She is also survived by her three sisters Marilyn McCarthy of Bradford, Ruth Mara of Peabody, & Patricia Godfrey of Raymond, NH. \u00a0Nancy was predeceased by her husband of 53 years Richard (Plaz) Williams in 2013; and by her brother Robert J. McCarthy.<\/p>\n
Memorial donations may be made in her name to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis TN 38105.<\/p>\n
Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend calling hours on Monday June 19 from 4PM \u2013 7PM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home 486 Main Street, Haverhill. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on \u00a0Tuesday, June 20 at 10:30AM at St. James Church, 185 Winter Street, Haverhill. Burial to follow at St. James Cemetery, 360 Primrose Street, Haverhill. \u00a0Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HAVERHILL, MA – Nancy J. (McCarthy) Williams, 84, of Haverhill, passed away Thursday, June 15 at Lawrence General Hospital, with her family by her side, after a long illness. A lifelong resident of Haverhill, she was the daughter of the late P. Joseph & Caroline McCarthy. A beloved housewife, she was known for her famous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3877","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\/3877","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=3877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}