World War II veteran Edmund F. "Buster" Lucey, Sr., 96, died peacefully
April 14, 2018, at the High Pointe Hospice House in Haverhill,
Massachusetts.
Born March 19, 1922, in Haverhill, son of Patrick and Mildred (Currier)
Lucey, Ed Lucey served as a paratrooper with the U.S. Army in Europe
during World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister
Marjorie, brother Joseph, wife Joan M. (Everett) Lucey, and son Dennis
P. Lucey, all of Massachusetts.
Lucey served as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in
Haverhill for more than thirty years and was a member of the Haverhill
Chapter, VFW. He was a devout member of St. James Catholic Church in
Haverhill, and a talented artist who showed his oil paintings throughout
the region. He loved baseball, played first base in high school and
later in community leagues and was a great fan of the Red Sox.
He lived for the past thirteen years at Nichols Village in Groveland, Massachusetts, where he developed many close friendships.
Lucey is survived by his daughter Patricia J. Lucey (Gary Weinhold), of
Ontario, Canada, and their children and grandchildren; daughter Joanne
M. "Jodieā Lucey Ahern (Larry Millett) of St. Paul, Minnesota, and their
children and grandchildren; son Edmund F. Lucey, Jr., of Deerfield, New
Hampshire, and his sons and their families; as well as many nieces and
nephews, step-grandchildren, in-laws and ex-in-laws, and a multitude of
friends.
Visitation will be held at the Monument Square Chapel of Paul C. Rogers
Family Funeral Home, 334 Main Street, Haverhill, Wednesday, April 18,
2018 from 4 to 8 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at St. James
Catholic Church, 185 Winter Street, Haverhill, on Thursday, April 19,
2018 at 10 A.M. In lieu of flowers, please donate in his name to any
charity that helps children or veterans.