Betty McCarthy

Betty (Cleversey) McCarthy of Lowell, was nurse's aide; 79 LOWELL Mrs. Betty (Cleversey) McCarthy, of Lowell, died August 25th, 2008, at Heartland Hospice in Austell, Georgia, aged 79 years. She was the wife of the late Robert R. McCarthy. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 31, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Arlene (Wamback) Cleversey. She received her early education in the Belmont school system and graduated from Belmont High School with the Class of 1945. Mrs. McCarthy was associated with the Willow Manor Nursing Home, as a nurse's aide for over 25 years, prior to her retirement. She is survived by four daughters, Linda J. McCarthy of Washington State, Susan V. McCarthy of Lowell, Deborah W. Crory and her husband, Jay of Gloucester, Maine and Mary Jean Zupkosky of Milford, NH; a son, Gary W. McCarthy and his wife, Karen of Bedford, NH; three sisters, Margaret Szwee, Virginia Thompson and Marilyn Wesinger and her husband, Clyde, all of Atlanta, GA; 10 grandchildren, Tarsha Makiej and her husband Chris, David Zupkosky and Caitlyn Zupkosky, Nicole Mahr, Matthew Fader, Steven McCarthy, Sarah Cupan, Bobby McCarthy, Jr., Christina McCarthy, Andrew Cupan, and Samantha Shemchuk; five great-grandchildren, Timmy, Meagan and Olivia Makiej and Zoe and John Dimmock; two sisters-in-law, Virginia McCarthy of Yarmouth, MA and Jean (McCarthy) Reardon and her husband, Jeremiah Reardon ; a brother-in-law, John McCarthy of Beverly, MA also two cousins, Janet Perry of Wilmington, MA, Norma MacDonald of Halifax, Nova Scotia; several nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Robert R. McCarthy. McCARTHY Mrs. Betty (Cleversey) McCarthy, aged 79 years, formerly of Lowell, died in Georgia, after an extended illness. She was the wife of the late Robert R. McCarthy. Friends will be received at the MORSE-BAYLISS FUNERAL HOME, 122 Princeton Blvd at Chester and Harvard Sts. on Friday, from 4- 7 P.M. Friends who wish may make Memorial Contributions in her name to Band Of Parents, Neuroblastoma Cancer Research Fund, P.O. Box 335, Dewittville, NY 14728. Her Funeral Service will take place from the Funeral Home on Saturday, at 10 A.M. Friends invited. Interment in Lowell Cemetery. Funeral Director Walter F. Bayliss, Jr. www.morsebaylissfuneralhome.com