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      Shirley Ann (Hamel) Deitrick, 82

HAVERHILL, MA

Shirley Ann (Hamel) Deitrick, 82, of Haverhill, died Monday, February 28, at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill after a brief illness.

Born in Haverhill, she was the daughter of the late, Paul E. and Dorothy E. (Ross) Hamel. She attended Haverhill public schools and was a graduate of Haverhill High School, Class of 1946.                                                                                                                
Primarily a homemaker most of her life, Shirley started her career in the Haverhill shoe industry. She then was employed as a dispatcher at a local Cab Company, and managed a local retail store. She moved to Los Angeles, California, where she lived for fifteen years, later returning to Haverhill.                                                                                              
Shirley was a kind hearted generous woman, well known to her community of friends and neighbors at the Judson House Apartment Complex in Haverhill. A friend of Bill W., she helped many people get back on track who were fighting life’s struggles. She will be sorely missed by all who came to know her.

She leaves two sons, Harlan R. Cheney Jr, and his wife, Mae, of Atkinson, NH, Danny Gregoire, of, Florida, six grandchildren, Gregg, Lisa, Garrett, and Keleigh Cheney, Melissa Gregoire, and  Kenneth Gregoire, and two great grandchildren, a sister, Joanne M. Liszewski, of Haverhill, nephews, Stanley Liszewski and his wife Deborah, of Haverhill, Stephen P. Liszewski and his partner, Corey Hsu, of Lynn, a niece, Dixie Hamel, of Marietta, GA, and close friend and companion of five years, Elbert Chico Cathey, of Haverhill. She was predeceased by her brother, Donald Hamel.                                 

Directions to Kevin Comeau Funeral Home