Paul J. Conlon

WESTFORD - Paul J. Conlon, 57, a senior buyer at New Balance, died Saturday, June 7, at Lowell General Hospital. He was the husband of Elizabeth (Holt) Conlon, with whom he would have celebrated their 31st anniversary on Sept. 3.

Born in Lowell on July 15, 1945, he was a son of the late Maurice and Grace (Rowbotham) Conlon. He attended St. Michael's School and Keith Academy, and graduated from Keith High School in 1963. Mr. Conlon earned his bachelor's degree in business administration at Salem State College.

He was a decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and served during the Vietnam War.

Mr. Conlon worked as a senior buyer at New Balance Athletic Co. in Lawrence. Previously, he founded and was the chief executive officers for Global Paper and Plastics of Westford.

He also worked for many years at Parker Brothers in Beverly, and the Currier Citizen Printing Co. in Lowell.

He was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church in North Chelmsford and was involved in church and community activities. He enjoyed coaching youth league basketball for many years, and was the co-founder of FAME (Friends Advancing Music Education) in Westford.

Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jonathan J. Conlon of Westford, and Daniel and Mary (Schafer) Conlon, of Bismark, N.D.; a brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Grace (Garland) Conlon of Springfield; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Joyce Nison and Mary Conlon, both of Lowell, and Kathleen and Bruce Currier of Cape Coral, Fla.; his mother-in-law, Mildred (Mowatt) Holt; a brother-in-law, William Holt and his wife, Tracy (Santackas), of Lowell; a sister-in-law, Diane Bailey and her husband, John, of Webster, N.Y.; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and colleagues.