TITLE: Mary "Stella" Gerrish, Obituary, Feb. 18, 2001 SUBMITTERS: Exeter Newsletter, http://www.seacoastonline.com Exeter, NH (issue Feb 23, 2001 ) FORMATTED: by CParziale, Mar 2001 ***************************************************************************** Mary Gerrish BRENTWOOD - Mary "Stella" Gerrish, 87, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2001, at the Rockingham County Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born March 25, 1913, in Manchester, the daughter of Sebastian and Jozefa (Tobiary) Fafara. She resided in Portsmouth, Stoughton, Mass., and Plaistow before moving to Brentwood five years ago. She was educated in Manchester schools. Mrs. Gerrish was a homemaker all of her life. The widow of Raymon Gerrish, who died in 1962, she is survived by three sons, Raymon S. Gerrish of Strafford, John A. Gerrish of Telorosa, N.M., and Richard C. Gerrish of Kingston; one daughter, Charlotte Hubbard of Wilson, N.C.; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday in St. Hedwig Church, Manchester. Spring burial will be in St. Hedwig Cemetery, Bedford. Memorial donations may be made to The Sad Cafe, P.O. Box 1051, Plaistow, NH 03865. Arrangements were by the John J. Bykowski Funeral Home, Manchester. **************************************************************************** * * * * 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.