Josephine Duggan
"Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother"

LOWELL Josephine (Albrecht) Duggan, 94, a lifelong Lowell resident, died peacefully Monday, April 18, 2011, at Palm Manor Nursing Home, with her family by her side. She was the widow of the late Francis P. Duggan who died in 2001.

A daughter of the late George and the late Esther E. (Forrest) Albrecht, she was born January 24, 1917, in Lowell and was educated in the local schools.

She made her home on Christian Hill and was a communicant of St. Michael’s Church, where she was also a member of the Holy Rosary Society, the Ladies Sodality, and the Legion of Mary. Josephine volunteered for many years in the kitchen of St. Michael’s School. Her faith and her family were her two greatest joys.

Her survivors include her two daughters, Sheila K. Emerson and her husband, Irving ‘Sonny’, of Lowell and Eileen M. Bouchard and her husband, Gerald, of Laconia, NH; her six grandchildren, Michael Emerson, Kimberly Emerson-Daly and her husband, William, Beth Emerson Lane and her husband, James, Lynne Bouchard, Lori Bouchard, and Lisa (Bouchard) St. Arnaud and her husband, Peter; three great grandchildren, Brad W. Daly, Thomas M. Lane, and Alyssa N. Bouchard; and several nieces and nephews.

YOU ARE INVITED TO HER VISITATION 9:30 UNTIL 11:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE MAHONEY FUNERAL HOME, 187 NESMITH ST., LOWELL 978-452-6361. HER FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN THE FUNERAL HOME AT 11:30 A.M. FOLLOWED BY PROCESSION TO ST. MARY CEMETERY. MEMORIALS IN HER NAME TO AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOC., P.O. BOX 11454, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22312 OR KIDS IN DISABILITY SPORTS, K.I.D.S., 220 PAWTUCKET ST, LOWELL, MA 01854 E-CONDOLENCE - MAHONEYFUNERALHOME.COM