Lucinda Daly

Lucinda H. (Snow) Daly, RN, 82, of Haverhill, died Sunday, May 31, 2009 at the Brigham &amp Women’s Hospital in Boston, surrounded by her family after a sudden illness.Born in Amesbury, she was the daughter of the late, James M. and Lucinda (Hanley) Snow. A 1945 graduate of Amesbury High School, she received her Nursing degree from the Beverly Hospital School of Nursing in 1949.Beginning her career in Boston, she was employed as an Operating Room Surgical Nurse at the former Massachusetts Memorial Hospital and later the Massachusetts General Hospital. She then came closer to home and began her tenure at the former Hale Hospital in Haverhill, where she would spend the next few years. She met and married the love of her life, Edmond W. Daly in 1953 and would take time from nursing to raise a family. She would return as a Medical Surgical Staff Nurse to the Hale Hospital in 1962 and remain there until her retirement in 1983.A dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, and nurse, she was a woman of strong faith. She was raised in the former St. Joseph’s Church in Amesbury, and upon her move to Haverhill, became a member of St. James Parish. An outgoing, vivacious person, she enjoyed a good laugh, and had a gift of making whoever came in contact with her feeling special. She cherished her time spent with family and friends.She leaves her beloved husband of 56 years, Edmond W. Daly, of Haverhill, a son, Matthew J. and his wife Margaret S. “Peggy” (Wilson) Daly, of Natick, three daughters, Mary Ellen Daly-O’Brien and her husband Thomas, Lucinda A. Daly, and Barbara E. Jesionowski and her husband, James, all of Haverhill, a daughter-in-law, Jane F. (DeRoche) Daly, of Kingfield, Maine, 12 grandchildren, of whom were her pride and joy, Elizabeth, Julia, Shannon and Bridget O’Brien, Tabitha, John, and Connor Daly, Jarek, and Zachary Jesionowski, Ian, Brianna, and Christopher Daly, a sister, Constance Aponas, and her companion, David Bailey, of Amesbury, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son, Jerome F. Daly, brothers, James M. Snow Jr., Robert E. Snow, and a sister, Barbara O’Loughlin.ARRANGEMENTS: Friends and family are respectfully invited to call on Tuesday (today) at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St. (Route 125), Haverhill from 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. from the funeral home with a Mass of Christian burial to be celebrated at 11 a.m. in St. James Church, Winter Street, Haverhill. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery (Route 121), Plaistow, N.H. Memorial donations may be made to the CCFA New England, (Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation), 280 Hillside Ave., Needham, MA 02494, or St. James Capital Improvement Fund, 6 Cottage St., Haverhill, MA 01830. www.comeaufuneral.com.