Obituary of Donna C (Mooney) Plourde

Donna C. (Mooney) Plourde, 88, of Peabody and formerly of Lynn, died unexpectedly Saturday evening at Union Hospital in Lynn. She was the devoted wife of Donald J Plourde, with whom she shared over 63 years of marriage. Born in Lynn, she was the daughter of the late Fred Mooney of Bangor, Maine, and Hazel (Brown) Mooney, of Princeton, Massachusetts. She was raised and educated in Lynn and was a graduate of Lynn English High School, class of 1946. She has lived in Peabody for the past 60 years. Donna was an accomplished musician, who as a child won the Community Auditions Competition on WBZ- TV. She began instructing in piano and organ during her high school years and continued teaching locally for over 64 years. She had played the organ for many years at St. Ann’s Church in Peabody and performed for the USO as well. She also played the organ and piano for ten years at the well-known “Varley’s Restaurant and Lounge” on the Lynnway in Lynn. Donna was employed for several years in the Radiology Department at Lynn Hospital as a secretary, then in 1978, she joined her son’s dental practice, in Peabody, and as office manager, guided the practice for over thirty five years. Donna enjoyed doing ceramics, embroidering, reading, shopping trips with her daughters to Washington, D.C., and the occasional jaunt to Foxwoods, but her favorite endeavor was spending time with her children and her grandchildren, caring for them, and sharing in all of their activities, especially at their camp in New Hampshire. In her later years she enjoyed spending time with her husband, Don, and watching the Red Sox. Besides her loving husband of 63 years, she is survived by her four sons, Dr. John Argeros and his wife Virginia of Peabody, Richard and his wife Rebecca Plourde of Hampton, NH, Dr. Donald Plourde and his wife Katherine, William and his wife Sandra Plourde, all of Peabody, her daughters, Mary Lou and her husband Brian Reardon, and Anne Marie and her husband William Walsh, all of Peabody. She is also survived by her eleven grandchildren, Bethany Reardon and her fiancé James Kozlosky, Suzanne Cady and her husband Marshall, Jonathan and Michael Reardon, Thomas, Kelly, and Shannon Walsh, Amy and Elise Plourde, and William and Christian Plourde, her great granddaughter, Isabelle Kozlosky, and by her nephew, Richard and his wife Virginia Mooney of Derry, NH. She was predeceased by her brother Edwin Mooney and by her granddaughter Allyson Plourde. Her funeral will be held on Thursday at 9:00 AM at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home, 82 Lynn St., Peabody followed by her Funeral Mass at 10:00 AM at St. Ann’s Church, Lynn St., Peabody to which relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday from 4:00 until 8:00 PM. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery, 100 R Cedar Grove Ave, Peabody. Expressions of sympathy can be made in her name to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to a charity of one’s choice.