TITLE: Joseph Thomas Lawlor, Obituary, Dec 20, 2000 SUBMITTERS: Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com 111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Dec 21, 2000 ) FORMATTED: by CParziale, 2001 ***************************************************************************** Joseph Thomas Lawlor RYE - Joseph Thomas Lawlor, 65, of 214 Washington Road, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000, at the Seacoast Health Care in Hampton after a battle with cancer. Born in Lowell, Mass., on Jan. 14, 1935, he was the son of Frank A. and Mildred (McDermott) Lawlor, and had been a resident of Rye for the past 32 years. He graduated from Massachusetts Military Academy in 1958 as a 2nd lieutenant and served in the National Guard. He furthered his studies at Lowell Technological Institute, and Burdette College in Boston. He retired in 1997 from his position as associated vice president and a chartered mutual fund counselor with the stock brokerage firm of Morgan Stanley-Dean Whitter in Portsmouth. He was one of the original group that opened the Portsmouth office of the firm. He was a former executive director of the Greater Lowell Chapter of the American Red Cross, former director of the United Fund of Greater Lowell and held several administrative positions with New England Telephone. He was a 20-year member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston; a member of the Portsmouth Lodge of Elks No. 97; and a life member of the Massachusetts Military Academy Alumni Association. He is survived by his wife, Irina (Pokrovskaya) Lawlor; a sister, Ann L. Moore of Hampton; a brother, John R. Lawlor of Lowell, Mass; two nieces, Jennifer Lawlor Clement of Topsfield, Mass., and Faith Ann Lawlor of Tyngsboro, Mass.; and two nephews, Major Jay A. Hammer of Pukalani, Hawaii, and Curtiss F. Hammer of Hampton. He was predeceased by a brother, Frank A. Lawlor Jr. LAWLOR - Joseph T. Lawlor, 65, of 214 Washington Road, Rye, died Dec. 20, 2000. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 9 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 98 Summer St., Portsmouth. Visiting hours 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Farrell Funeral Home, 684 State St., Portsmouth. Burial in Central Cemetery in Rye. **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.