TEWKSBURY — Mrs. Charlotte Ann (Elwell) Beaton, age 77, of Tewksbury, formerly of Lynn, died peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 at The Peregrine’s Landing Senior Living Home in Tewksbury. She was the loving and devoted wife of Peter L. Beaton, her husband of 57 years, and took great care of him throughout their married life.
A longtime resident of Lynn and then Salem, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Ruth (Newhall) Elwell. She attended Lynn schools and was a graduate of Lynn Classical High School.
She worked at Osborne Pharmacy in Lynn for many years and had previously worked in the Lynn school system as an aide for several years. She and Peter loved to travel with their family and enjoyed treating them to many family vacations. She also enjoyed making a variety of crafts and sewing.
Charlotte is survived by her loving daughters, Theresa Conway and her husband John of Beverly, Janet LaRochelle and her husband Mark of Peabody and Karen Beaton and her husband Edward Mayo of Wilmington. She was a doting grandmother to eight grandchildren, Walter Mills, James Mills, Heather Mills, Melissa Mills of New Hampshire, Michael Mills of Danvers, Bryan LaRochelle of Rutland, Emily LaRochelle of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Steven LaRochelle of Peabody. She also leaves six great grandchildren; her siblings, Arthur Elwell of Exeter, N.H., John Elwell and his wife Brenda of Lynn and Dorothy “Dottie” Hyde and her husband Jim of Lynn, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Edward Elwell and sisters Ruth “Sis” Kozlowski and Christine Hathaway.
Service information: At the request of her family, services at the CUFFE-MCGINN Funeral Home will be private. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association MA Chapter, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA 02472 or via www.alz.com.?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss For the online guestbook please visit www.cuffemcginn.com.?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss