FCAM would like to send their condolences to Chief Jack Parow Ret. and the Parow family as the mourn the loss of their mother. Please keep Jack and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
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Helen E. (Costello) Parow – 102, of North Andover and formerly of North Reading and Medford, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2024. She was the loving wife of the late Walter J. Parow. Born in Medford, MA on April 8. 1922. She was the daughter of the late John and Agnes (Kerrigan) Costello. Helen was raised and educated in Medford and was a graduate of Medford High School, Class of 1940. She
later graduated from Katherine Gibbs School of Business in Boston. Helen moved to North Reading in 1953. She worked at the Hood Elementary School in North Reading for 10 years and for Dr. Odlum in Stoneham as an office manager for 15 years.
Helen was an active member and volunteer for St. Theresa’s Church in North Reading for many years and was a member and Past President of the Lady’s Sodality. She later became a member and volunteer of St. Michael’s Church in North Andover, where she was an organizer and leader for donations for the Accounting Group. She was a member and volunteer for the North Andover Senior Center. Helen was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She always enjoyed playing bingo.
Family members include her loving son, John E. Parow and his wife Patricia A. of Chelmsford; her daughters, Susan P. McFarland and her late husband John D. McFarland and Denise P. Roser and her husband Robert F. of Williamsburg, VA; 3 grandchildren, Kelly A. Stratman and her husband Stephen, Michael D. Parow and William W. Parow; 3 great grandchildren, Ella M. and Emery J. Stratman and Kayla J. Parow. Also a special friend of the family, Raymond Trudell.
Her Funeral Mass will be held at St. Theresa’s Church, 63 Winter Street, North Reading on Thursday, August 29 at 11:00 AM, the family will have a receiving line prior to the Funeral from 10:30 to 11:00 AM. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery in North Reading. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her memory to: Compassus Hospice of North Andover, 790 Turnpike Street, Suite 202, North Andover, MA 01845. www.croswellfuneralhome.com