BRADFORD, MA \u2013 The gracious and courageous life of Noreen Patricia Bailey was lost to cancer on October 26, 2023.\u00a0 Born on October 8, 1965, she was the daughter of Charles “Biff” and Maureen Bailey.\u00a0 She resided throughout her life at the original family home in Bradford.<\/p>\n
Noreen “Beana” Bailey worked briefly as a hairstylist at her mother’s Andover salon before obtaining her accounting degree from Fitchburg State University.\u00a0 During her 27 year career with the Internal Revenue Service, and due to her diligence and no-nonsense attitude, she achieved a managerial position.<\/p>\n
An accomplished pool player, Noreen took on many challenges, including semi-pro players.\u00a0 She was a member and past president of Quota Club International.\u00a0 At home, she was a gifted gardener as well as a splendid cook.\u00a0 Aside from her outstanding meals, the highlight of the many parties she hosted was her Grinch decorated Christmas tree.<\/p>\n
Noreen, along with her boyfriend Kevin Phaneuf and their dog Bandit, vacationed regularly at campsites in New Hampshire, where they enjoyed meeting all kinds of people.\u00a0 Off season, she and Kevin could be found anywhere within view of a Keno game screen.\u00a0 Kevin was a loving and devoted caretaker and confidant during Noreen’s illness this past year.<\/p>\n
Noreen was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Michael Bailey.\u00a0 She is survived by her companion Kevin Phaneuf and his family, Jeanne Phaneuf and Jared Petrowski, Sasha Phaneuf, Kelsa and Tom York, and Kyle and Diana Phaneuf, and his 11 grandchildren; her brother Charles “Chip” Bailey and his wife Maura, and several cousins, her nephews and nieces Dylan Bailey and his fianc\u00e9 Alix, Charles Bailey III, Madison and Kyrsten, John Bailey, Dallas Bailey and Yvonne Dean-Bailey.<\/p>\n
ARRANGEMENTS: There will be a private service.\u00a0In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Camp Bernadette, 83 Richards Rd, Wolfboro, N.H, 03894.\u00a0 Arrangements are in the care of the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BRADFORD, MA \u2013 The gracious and courageous life of Noreen Patricia Bailey was lost to cancer on October 26, 2023.\u00a0 Born on October 8, 1965, she was the daughter of Charles “Biff” and Maureen Bailey.\u00a0 She resided throughout her life at the original family home in Bradford. Noreen “Beana” Bailey worked briefly as a hairstylist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4049","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\/4049","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=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}