Suzanne Babin

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Suzanne F. (Hammar) (Shaw) Babin, 63, formerly of Lowell and Dracut, died Sunday, Oct. 8, at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, N.H. She was the wife of Francis E. Babin.

She was born in Lowell on Oct. 28, 1942, daughter of the late Alrick and Flossie (Greenwood) Hammar Spence. She attended Dracut schools, and graduated from Lowell High School.

Before retiring, Mrs. Babin worked as a data processor at Raytheon Co. and Wang Labs.

She was a member of the Mary Martha Society of St. Andrew Lutheran Church and the Red Hat Society.

Besides her husband, survivors include three children and their spouses, Russell J. Shaw Jr. and Karen Shaw, both of Colorado Springs, Colo., Carrie A. Shaw of Tewksbury, and Kelly S. and Paul Cawthron of Kingston, N.H.; three stepchildren and their spouses, Diane L. and John Pauley of Charleston, S.C., Wayne F. Babin of Athol, and Denise I. and Scott Weston of Southwick; two granddaughters, Kristen L. Shaw and Victoria F. Foote; three step-grandchildren, Nathaniel Babin, Samantha Babin and Jared Babin; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Alrick Hammar of Windham, N.H., and Philip and Kathy Hammar of Bedford, N.H.; an aunt, Rita Greenwood of Nashua; six nieces, Gretchen Besse, Wendy Reed, Susan O'Rourke, Paula Holden, Heidi Nielsen and Rebecca Dolloff; six nephews, Mike, Carl, Mark, Rick, Kevin and Phil Ray Hammar; two very special friends, Leanora and Lawrence Sadler of Florida; and her former husband, Russell J. Shaw Sr. of Dracut.

She was also the sister of Pauline E. Bardsley Santos, sister-in-law of the late Mary Hammar, and aunt of the late James H. Bardsley III.