RAFIC S. COTRAN

COTRAN, Rafic S. Age 96, a resident of Bedford, NH, formerly of Chelmsford, passed away peacefully, on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Bowman Place, Bedford, NH, surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of the late Joan S. (Higgins) Cotran with whom he shared 60 years of marriage until her passing in 2020. He was born on October 19, 1927, in Haifa, Palestine and was the son of the late Suliman and Fadwa (Khoury) Cotran. He leaves three children, Steven of Greenland, NH and his wife, Lorena, Ronald of Merrimack, NH and his wife, Janice and Jeffrey of Townsend, MA and his wife, Giovana; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; his younger sister, Salwa Melka of Montreal; and many nieces and nephews. Rafic was predeceased by his brothers, Tewfik, Shafic and Ramzi. Visiting Hours will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2024, from 9 – 11 am, at the Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home, 24 Worthen St., CHELMSFORD. His Funeral Service will be held in the funeral home at 11 am. Interment to follow, at 1:00 pm, at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, 185 Lake St., Peabody. Kindly gather at the cemetery. Memorial donations may be made in his name to The Alzheimer's Association. For complete obituary, directions and online condolences please visit chelmsfordfuneralhome.com and find us on Facebook.

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