Mr. Frederick P. Donohoe

Frederick P. Donohoe Former lifelong Belvidere resident NORTH ATTLEBORO--Frederick Donohoe, formerly of Lowell, husband of Mary (Sullivan-Ierardi) Donohoe for 50 years and son of the late Dr. William and Kathryn (McCartin) Donohoe, passed away Friday morning at home surrounded by his loving family. He was 84. The father of Lowell Olympic medalist Shelagh Donohoe, he was, until recently, a life-long resident of Lowell’s Belvidere neighborhood. But every summer he migrated back to his beloved summer cottage at Long Beach, in Rockport, where he planned his next adventure aboard his battered Boston Whaler from the boardwalk railing. A 1944 graduate of Keith Academy, he and his brothers William and John were Veterans of World War II. He served as a Sea Bee in the South Pacific and after the war he attended St. Bonaventure in New York for two years before transferring and graduating from Tufts University with a degree in biology. For decades he worked as an independent sales representative, starting his career traveling the open roads of the West promoting rubber and latex products, before returning home and launching a successful venture as a seller of manufacturing products to defense contractors. As a young teen he worked the fish wharves of Gloucester and never shook the salt waters of Cape Ann from his veins. He is survived by his wife Mary (Sullivan-Ierardi) Donohoe and his six children, Philip Ierardi and his wife, Cheryl, of Rockport; MaryJo (Ierardi) Woods and her husband, Dana, of Rockport; Paul Ierardi and his wife, Marie, of Lowell; Lisa Mooney of North Attleboro; Shelagh Donohoe of South Kingstown, R.I.; and Kara Donohoe of North Kingstown, R.I.; eight grandchildren, one great grandchild and many nieces and nephews. FUNERAL NOTICE DONOHOE—In North Attleboro, December 10, 2010. Frederick P. Donohoe, 84, beloved husband of Mary (Sullivan-Ierardi) Donohoe. Family and friends may call at the FAY McCABE FUNERAL HOME, 105 MOORE STREET, LOWELL, on MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010 from 4 until 8 P.M. Mr. Donohoe’s Funeral will begin on TUESDAY MORNING at 10 o’clock from the Funeral Home, followed by his Funeral Mass at 11 o’clock at the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH, 144 East Merrimack Street, Lowell. Burial will follow in St. Patrick Cemetery, Lowell. As an expression of sympathy, in lieu of flowers, donations in Fred’s memory can be made to one of the following charities: Saint Vincent De Paul Society – Immaculate Conception Church, 3 Fayette St., Lowell, MA 01852, or the Franciscan Sisters (Infirmary) c/o Sister Avril Chin Fatt, P.O. Box W, St. Bonaventure, N.Y., 14778. ARRANGEMENTS BY THE FAY McCABE FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 978-459-9222. www.faymccabe.com

Mr. Frederick P. Donohoe

June 19, 1926 - December 10, 2010