Eileen R. Parent

Eileen Rose Parent, 80, resident of Amherst, NH died on July 11, 2012 at her summer home in Seabrook, NH surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Parent was born in Nashua, NH on November 21, 1931, a daughter of Victor and Margaret (Baker) Pelletier. She was raised and educated in Nashua and graduated from Nashua High School, Class of 1949. For more than 20 years, Mrs. Parent had been employed as a telephone operator for New England Telephone Company. She made her home in Amherst for the past 34 years and loved spending her summers at the family cottage in Seabrook, NH. Mrs. Parent was a member of the Red Hat Society. In addition, she enjoyed knitting for family and friends, especially making lap robes for local nursing home residents and hats and blankets for newborn babies at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She loved solving crossword puzzles and was a movie buff who enjoyed the classics. She was a communicant of St. Patrick’s Church, Milford. Family members include her husband of 60 years, Raymond L. Parent of Amherst, NH; a daughter, Kristine Boisvert and her husband, Edward of Nashua, NH; three sons, Stephen Parent and his wife, Melinda of Spring, TX, Matthew Parent and his partner, David Henderson of Hartford, CT, Andrew Parent of San Francisco, CA; four grandchildren; one great grandchild; many nieces and nephews. There are no calling hours. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Monday, July 16th at 3:00 pm in St. Patrick’s Church, 34 Amherst Street, Milford. Family and friends are invited to meet at the church. Following the funeral mass, everyone is invited to join the family for refreshments at Estabrook Grill, 57 Palm Street, (off of West Hollis Street) in Nashua. Burial will be in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Amherst, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.