Lorraine M. Earls

Obituary of Lorraine M. Earls
Lorraine Marie Boguszewski-DeMirjian-Earls 08/15/1942 - 10/31/2025
First of four children, my mom was a typical eldest sibling by always testing new waters and pushing the limits. She was dedicated, honest, resilient, determined and could be hard-hitting when challenged. She was a woman of faith and loved helping others. She pretty much stayed local to the southern NJ/Philly area but sure did live life to its fullest by meticulously exploring the world around her and often trying new things. She loved the South Jersey shores, loved cooking (especially traditional Polish foods and she always saved some to give us when we visited) and she especially loved thrift shopping and repurposing household items. I'll miss seeing the excited look in her eyes when she would show me something she just got and asks me, "guess how much I paid for this??." Mom also loved cats, just like her mom did. She was not that cat lady, but she always had one when we were kids and later in life as her house companion.
She has three kids, first me (George DeMirjian), then Lorraine Townsend and Wayne Earls. She raised us on her own and always made sure we had what we needed to get through life. She was tough, but I think she did a good job raising us to be good, happy people that give back to the world a little more than we take from it each day. Mom also had four grandchildren, Alec Townsend and Lexi Townsend (from Lorraine), Sarah DeMirjian-Albawi and George DeMirjian IV (from me), and 2.5 great grandchildren (2 from Alec and one on the way from my Sarah).
I am grateful that mom put us through Catholic school so we received all the sacraments of God, got me involved with sports and Boy Scouts and made sure we always finished what we stared. She made sure I went to church every Sunday, came to all my football games with a bag of cut up oranges for halftime (she was the biggest Eagles fans and had them on every TV in the house on game days), and she was our troop leader when I was in Cub Scouts. We had all the meeting at our house and she helped us so much with creatively achieving all of our task awards. I remember her helping with all the challenges including Pinewood Derby cars, fund raisers and even helped us make a 6 person dragon (we used powder to make it look like smoke was coming out his mouth).
As we grew out on to our own, whenever we would go visit her, she would always have bags and boxes of stuff for us. Sometimes it was a pain because we would have to load up the car when we just wanted to visit. She would give us all the thrift stuff she got but didn't use including lots of trinkets, do-dads, canned goods and boxed foods. But sometimes that stuff came in handy. Then I felt bad for thinking it was a pain taking all that stuff because of that one gem that was what was exactly what we needed, when we needed it. She always had meaning for her madness, lol. Now all that stuff, even all the "little junks," as she passionately called them, are dear treasures.
Mom always loved hugs, so don't forget to always hug your loved ones.