Obituaries

Reading's Mary Donovan Passes Away

Donations to Northeast Animal Shelter in her name.

Reading's Mary Louise Donovan passed away on March 7. She was 78.

Cherished sister of Ann-Marie Babish and her husband Jim of Acton.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 18, at the Douglass, Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home 25 Sanborn St. (corner of Woburn St.), Reading at 11 a.m. A visitation will be held at the funeral home prior to the service from 10-11 a.m. Burial will be private.

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In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in Mary Louise’s memory to the Northeast Animal Shelter, 347 Highland Ave., Salem, Ma., 01970-1738.

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