Obituary: Carolyn R. (Blanchard) Grace, 83

May 06, 1937 – March 06, 2021

Carolyn Ruth Grace, 83, a longtime resident of Reading, passed away peacefully in her sleep on the afternoon of Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts.

She lived a wonderful life and spent her final days alongside her loving family, including her husband William of 61 years. Loving mother of Ruth E. Gosselin and her husband Michael, Martha J. Nazzaro, and her husband Rick and Andrew W. Grace and his wife Patty. Carolyn is also survived by grandchildren Sarah Kelly and her husband Michael, Joshua Gosselin and his fiancé Chantal, Alex Damore and his fiancé Vicki, Jonathan Nazzaro and Keith Grace, and a great-grandson Connor Kelly.

Burial will be private and a memorial service is planned for early summer.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Carolyn’s memory may be made to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading, 239 Woburn Street, Reading, MA 01867.