Peter R. Markham

Peter R. Markham prominent Greater Lowell area Realtor, active in city senior housing community; 65 LOWELL Peter R. Markham, 65 years old, a lifelong resident of the Belvidere section of Lowell, died unexpectedly, December 4th, at his home. He was born in Lowell, on May 25, 1943, a son of the late Edwin and Ann V. (Rynne) Markham, and was a graduate of the Oakland Grammar School, Moody Junior High School, Lowell High School, and Boston College. Peter served in the United States Army Reserves. He owned and operated the Peter Markham Real Estate in Lowell and Chelmsford. For many years, he was a Trustee of the Washington Savings Bank. He was a board member of the Lowell Development Finance Authority, and a founding Board Member of 15 Jaycee Place Housing and Rogers Hall Housing. He held membership at Vesper Country Club, the Greater Lowell Board of Realtors, the Northeast Association of Realtors, and Boston College Alumni. He was a lifelong communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church. Surviving him are his brother and sister-in-law, Edwin and Barbara Markham, of York Beach, ME; nieces and nephews, Stephen, and his wife, Lee-Anne Markham; David, and his wife, Jill Markham, and Maryann and her husband, William Gilet; grandnieces and grand-nephews, Erika Markham, Avery Markham, Kate Gilet, Ryan Markham, Liam Gilet, and Courtney Markham; his cousins, Shelagh, and her husband Roland Demers, Cornelia, and her husband Phil Ruhmann, and John, and his wife, Lynne Curtin; second cousins, Susan Doyle, Tricia Sibilia, David Demers, Erik and Sean Ruhmann, and Matthew and Andrew Curtin. MARKHAM Friends may call from 4 to 8 PM on Monday, December 8th at the MAHONEY FUNERAL HOME, 187 Nesmith St., (Rte. 38). His Funeral Mass to be offered on Tuesday, December 9th at 11 A.M. at the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH, Lowell. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery, Tewksbury. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to either the Lowell General Cancer Center, c/o Development Office, 295 Varnum Ave., Lowell, MA 01854; or the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Ave., 5th Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851. Arrangements by Mahoney Funeral Home. www.mahoneyfuneralhome.com