Dorothy M. DAUDELIN

TEWKSBURY -- Dorothy M. (Daudelin) Lavallee, 86, a former matron at both the Tewksbury Memorial and Junior High Schools, died yesterday morning, Sept. 13, at the Wentworth Nursing Care Center in Lowell, after a lengthy period of declining health. For 55 years, she was the wife of Louis P. Lavallee Sr., who died November 1993.She was born in the Dorchester section of Boston, but was raised in Lowell. She had resided in Tewksbury since 1952.Prior to retirement, Mrs. Lavallee was a matron of the secondary public schools in Tewksbury. Previously, she worked at Raytheon Co., in South Lowell, and also at the Atlantic Parachute Co., in Lowell.Mrs. Lavallee was a communicant of St. William's Church in Tewksbury, where she held membership in the Sodality, as well as the Greater Lowell League of Catholic Women.In her later years, she was active in the events at the Tewksbury Senior Drop-In Center, and was a life member of the Tewksbury Golden Age Club.Throughout her life, she was also a creator of fine ceramic objects. She was fondly recalled by friends as having possessed boundless energy and giving selflessly throughout her life.She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Louis P. Lavallee Jr. and Judith (Wilson) Lavallee of Tewksbury, and Richard P. and Margaret (Thibodeau) Lavallee of Hudson, N.H.; a sister, Marguerite J. Daudelin of Tewksbury; five grandchildren and their spouses, Patricia (Lavallee) and Steven Shea of Westford, Susan (Lavallee) and Christian Kenyeres of Bedford, N.H., Kathleen (Lavallee) and Gary Boutin of Nashua, Kelly (Lavallee) and Chris Rice of Hudson, N.H., and Richard Lavallee Jr. of Derry, N.H.; seven great-grandchildren, Robyn, Kristin, and Gary Boutin, Ashley and Cory Rice, Nicole and Matthew Shea; and several nieces and nephews. Published in the Lowell Sun on 9/14/2005.