Haverhill – Betty (Mears) Kareckas, 67, a lifelong resident of Haverhill, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, March 26, at her home. She was born, Mary Elizabeth Mears, September 6, 1947 the daughter of the late, Frederick Warren Mears and Mary Eileen (Shanahan) Mears. She attended Haverhill public schools and was a graduate of Haverhill School, class of 1965. She later attended Northern Essex Community College to sharpen her bookkeeping and administrative skills.Mrs. Kareckas was employed in the Haverhill Public School System as an Administrative Assistant for over twenty years. She ended her career at the Golden Hill School, and previously she spent many years at the Walnut Square School. She began her employment out of High School, at Toomey Ford in Amesbury. As she began raising her family, she was employed at the Merrimack Valley National Bank, and later at the Western Electric Corporation in North Andover. She also worked for many years at the family business, Mears Tractor Sales in Plaistow.She met and married the love of her life a Lawrence gentleman who stole her heart. They married on October 31, 1970 and the rest is history. Together they raised two loving sons, and were always surrounded by the love of her extended family, all of whom lived as neighbors on the old Mears Farm. She was the backbone of their relationship, and she was all about family, and as her final days approached no one left her alone. She was cared for with dignity and respect as she gave to others all of her life.She leaves her beloved husband of forty-four years, Timothy F. Kareckas, two loving sons, Timothy W. Kareckas and his wife, Heather, of Greendale, IN, and Charles A. “Chuck” Kareckas, of Haverhill, two brothers William A. Mears and his wife, Janice, and Frederick Mears and his wife, Audrey, two sisters Ann Helps and her significant other, Timothy Caradonna, and Jean Cook and her husband, Gary, all of Haverhill. She also leaves two cherished granddaughters, Alexandria Kareckas and Kalle Kareckas, and several nieces, nephews and friends, all of whom will miss her dearly.Friends and family are respectfully invited to call on Sunday from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St. Haverhill. Funeral services and burial are private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Merrimack Valley Hospice, 360 Merrimack St. Lawrence, MA 01843. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook, or www.comeaufuneral.com.
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