Obituaries

Westborough Remembers Dory Howard

Services will be held in the Story Chapel of Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 at 1:30 p.m.

Dory (Higgins) Howard of Wayland died Oct. 23, 2013 at Massachusetts General Hospital.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years, James “Jim” Howard Jr.; her daughters, Mary Howard and her husband Tim Moore of Cambridge and Cathleen Holmes and her husband Peter of Wayland; her daughter-in-law, Tara O’Rourke of Westborough, and her five grandchildren, Mallory Moyer, Annie Howard, Emily Holmes, Liam Howard and Michael Holmes.

She also leaves her sister Mary Higgins Hearne and her husband William “Bill” Hearne of Wayland; her niece Betty Hearne and her husband Chuck Kornely; and her nephew David Hearne and his wife Amy.

Dory was predeceased by her son John in 2006.

Services will be held in the Story Chapel of Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 at 1:30 p.m.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.

Contributions in Dory’s memory to the Parmenter Hospice, 266 Cochituate Road Wayland, MA 01778 or to a non-profit organization of your choosing would be appreciated.


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