Gerald P. Mace “Jerry”, age 78, of Wilmington, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on August 6, 2015. Jerry was the beloved husband of Maureen J. (Hayes) Mace, devoted father of Jerry Mace & his wife Jeanne of Sanford, ME, Kevin Mace & his wife Dawn of Chelmsford, Sherry Lowney & her husband Bob of Chelmsford, Jackie Theriault & her husband Chris of Dracut, Danielle Coffey & her husband Sean of Billerica. Loving Grandfather of Matthew Mace, Lauren Steeves, Peter Thomas, Cory McKenna, Kara, Jon, and Jimmy Mace, Kristen, Patrick, and Ryan Lowney, Jocelyn, Derick, and Aiden Theriault, Sienna and Sean Paul Coffey, the late Jackson Mace and Dakota Thomas. Great-grandfather of Sophia Lynn Mace and Ava Lowney. Cherished son of the late James and Margaret (Woods) Mace, dear brother of Lorraine Lynch & her husband Richard of Woburn, Arlene Flanders & her husband Malcolm of Chelmsford, the late Mary Mace, James Mace, Carol Claflin, and Kathy Demko, brother-in- law of Nancy Mace Claflin of Woburn. Jerry is also survived by many brothers and sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews.
Family and friends will gather at the Nichols Funeral Home, 187 Middlesex Ave. (Rte. 62), Wilmington, on Monday, August 10th at 9:00 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Dorothy’s Church, Main Street (Rte. 38) Wilmington at 10:00 a.m. Interment with Military Honors at Wildwood Cemetery, Wilmington. Visiting hours will be held at the Funeral Home on Sunday, August 9th from 2-5 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations in Jerry’s memory may be made to the Sophia Lynn Mace Educational Fund, c/o Gerald & Jeanne Mace, Ocean Communities Federal Credit Union, P. O. Box 1961, Biddeford, ME 04005. Jerry was a U. S. Air Force Veteran during the Vietnam Era and a proud member of the Teamsters Local 25 in Boston.
(NOTE: The above obituary is from Nichols Funeral Home.)
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