REDDING, Rita M. (O'Callaghan) In Lowell, MA, January 23, 2012, 86, lifelong of Lowell, wife of the late Robert A. Redding, Sr. Devoted mother of Robert A. Redding Jr. and his wife Susan of Chelmsford, Mary Ellen (Redding) Fulton and her husband Stephen of Natick, Massachusetts, and David J. Redding and Ellen Frost of Clinton. Grandmother of Elizabeth O'Callaghan Fulton of Brooklyn, New York, Craig C. Fulton of Natick; and her dear cousin, Catherine Spillane of North Haven, CT. Friends invited to her Funeral Mass to be celebrated Friday morning at the Immaculate Conception Church (Lower Church) in Lowell at 10 o'clock. Burial at St. Mary Cemetery in Tewksbury. Contributions in her memory to: the Boston College General Scholarship Fund, Office of University Advancement, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. E-condolences/directionsat odonnellfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by the O'Donnell Funeral Home - LOWELL (978 or 866) 458-8768.

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Published by Boston Globe from Jan. 24 to Jan. 25, 2012.

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Martha Iarrapino

January 27, 2012

I will miss seeing Mrs. Redding in church. God will bless her.

Tass Filledes

January 26, 2012

Dear Mary Ellen, Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Tass & Flo

January 26, 2012

Our thoughts are with the Redding family during this most difficult time.
Ann and Bob

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