Obituary of Dorothy H (Smith) Drugan

Dorothy H (Smith) Drugan, 87, of Peabody, died Wednesday morning at the Hathorne Nursing Home in Danvers, following a long courageous battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of the late Dr. John E Drugan. Born in Stoneham, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Mary (Sullivan) Smith. She was raised and educated in Melrose and has lived in Peabody for the past 30 years. Dorothy graduated from St. Margaret’s Hospital School of Nursing and at Boston City Hospitals. She was an OR Nurse at St. Margaret’s Hospital for 9 years, was a private duty Nurse, and finally before retiring in 1990, she was a RN Nurse at the Soldiers Home in Chelsea for 5 years. She is survived by her three sons, Paul M Drugan of Chicago, John and his wife Cailin Drugan of Brookline, NH, Gregory and his wife Linda Drugan of Derry, NH, her daughter, Mary Elizabeth and her husband, Paul Zambella of Georgetown, her brother, Arthur Smith of Chelmsford, and is also survived by her beloved seven grandchildren, Neil, Andrew, Anthony, Meaghan, John, Tess and Teddy and by several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her siblings, Phyllis Smith and Jean Capparella and by her grandson, Gregory Drugan. Her funeral will be on Saturday at 10:00 AM at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home, followed by her Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM at St. John’s Church, Peabody to which relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held on Friday from 4:00 until 8:00 PM. Burial will be in Forest Glade, Lowell St, Wakefield. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to Into Action Recovery, INC, 632 North St, Tewksbury, MA 01876.