Lorraine T. Chaplin

TOWNSEND -- Lorraine T. (Smith) Chaplin, 77, of 6 Ball Road, died unexpectedly Friday, Aug. 24, at the Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer.

Mrs. Chaplin was born in Pawtucket, R.I., on Sept. 15, 1929, a daughter of Aldermard and Louisa Smith and resided in Townsend for more than 35 years.

She was a graduate of the Sacred Heart High School in Pawtucket, R.I., and the Ring Sanitarium School of Nursing in Arlington.

Mrs. Chaplin worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse at the Apple Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Ayer before retiring in 1991. Prior to that she worked at the former Hale Nursing Home in West Groton and the Ring Sanitarium in Arlington.

She was a communicant of St. John’s Church in Townsend.

She is survived by her beloved husband of 54 years, Thomas E. Chaplin Jr.; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Kenneth R. and Amy Chaplin of Townsend, Thomas E. Chaplin III of Nashua, N.H.; six daughters and four sons-in-law, Lou Anne and Carl Cellana of Jackson, N.H., Kathleen and Steven Bourn, Sheila T. and Michael Bollinger, all of Townsend, Susan E. and Paul Vaillancourt of Fitchburg, Arlene P. Chaplin of Sandwich and Karen L. Oetinger of Ashby; two sisters, Ida Walters and Marianne Langellier, both of Pawtucket, R.I. She leaves 21 grandchildren, Elizabeth, Katherine, Jessica, Kristen, Erika, Alyssa, Lisa, Nicholette, John, Jonathan, Lesley, Colleen, Jonas, Liana, Derek, Lynsey, Julie, Joseph, Emiley, Craig and Dan. She also leaves 10 great-grandchildren.

She was the sister of the late Delores Boissee of South Attleboro.

CHAPLIN -- A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at St. John’s Church, 1 School St., Townsend. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery. Calling hours are 4-7 Monday at the T.J. Anderson & Son Funeral Home, 250 Main St. (Route 119), Townsend Center. Please see www.andersonfuneral.com for additional information. Memorial contributions may be made to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, 17th Floor, 386 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10016 or the The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 60 East 56th St., 8th floor, New York, NY 10022.