Joan E. (Toomey) Dupuis

Obituary

Joan E. (Toomey) Dupuis, 84, formerly of Somerset and Peabody, passed away in Lowell on Saturday, August 11, 2018. She was the widow of Donald V. Dupuis.

Born in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late George Toomey and the late Laura (Gerhardt) Toomey. Joan was raised by Patrick and Elizabeth Ann (Monroe) Haggerty.

Joan will be best remembered for her time raising her family and working in Peabody, MA. As well as being a homemaker, she took on several jobs including house cleaning, bookkeeping for Arklein Insurance Agency, and time as an exercise instructor at Gloria Stevens.

Mrs. Dupuis loved to dance as much as she loved couponing, bargain shopping and playing Scrabble. Though a fiercely independent woman, Joan cherished time she spent with her extended and immediate family, including her grandchildren.

Survivors are: three sons, Brad Dupuis and his life companion Tina Mulcahey of Wenham, MA, Alan Dupuis and his wife Nancy of Ocala, FL., and David Dupuis and his girlfriend Lori of Boca Raton, FL.; one daughter, Donna (Dupuis) Ebner of Hudson, NH; one sister, Genevieve Whitty of Dartmouth, MA.; eight grandchildren, Courtney McFarland, Noelle Dupuis, Danielle Dupuis, Brian Ebner, Mark Dupuis, Steven Dupuis, Derek Dupuis, and Christopher Dupuis; five great-grandchildren, Abigail, Gideon, Dylan, Emanuel, and Jack; and many nieces and nephews.

Joan was the sister of the late Eugene Toomey, Catherine McDermott, Dorothy Cook, George Toomey, John Toomey, Charles Haggerty, Frank Haggerty, Raymond Haggerty, Paul Haggerty, John Haggerty Sr., Elizabeth Hodgson, Dorothy Hathaway, and Mary O'Neil.

Her family will receive relatives and friends on Friday, August 17, 2018, from 11 AM to noon, with a service to follow at noon, in the Hathaway Funeral Home, 1813 Robeson Street, Fall River. Burial to follow at Notre Dame Cemetery, 1540 Stafford Road, Fall River.

Memorial donations in Joan's memory can be sent to: Alzheimer's Association's National Headquarters, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL, 60601 or made online to: https://act.alz.org/site/Donation2?df_id=32112&32112.donation=form1

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Calling Hours

AUG 17. 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

Hathaway Home For Funerals
1813 Robeson Street
Fall River, MA, 02720

Funeral Service

AUG 17. 12:00 PM (EDT)

Hathaway Home For Funerals
1813 Robeson Street
Fall River, MA, 02720