Eileen A. GOLDEN

LOWELL -- Eileen A. (Golden) Doucette, 70, a resident of South Lowell, died yesterday, March 7, at Lowell General Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was the wife of Roland J. Doucette, with whom she would have celebrated their 46th anniversary in April.Born in Lowell on Nov. 12, 1934, a daughter of the late Francis X. and Margaret M. (Bowery) Golden Sr., she was a graduate of St. Michael School and Lowell High School.A former communicant of St. Michael Church, and a member of the Holy Rosary Sodality, recently she was a communicant of the former Sacred Heart Church.Mrs. Doucette was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family.Besides her husband her survivors include five children and their spouses, Margaret and Edward Barter, Roland Jr. and Gina Doucette of Lowell, Deborah and Arthur Conley of Dracut, Joann and Randall Snead of Lowell, Eileen and Sam Panagiotopoulos of Lowell; a sister and brother-in-law, Mary R. and Charles Beck of Dracut; two brothers, Thomas A. Golden Sr. and Louise Gill of Lowell, and Bernard B. Golden and Maureen Desrochers of Pelham, N.H.; a brother-in-law, Raymond J. Poitras of Lowell; nine grandchildren, Edward and Colleen Barter, Thomas, Shaun and Shannon Conley, Merissa Snead, Bobby, Sammy and Alexis Panagiotopoulos; and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews.She was the sister of the late Francis X. "Buddy" Golden Jr., Margaret F. "Peggy" Poitras, and Rosalie M. "Tootsie" Nugent. Published in the Lowell Sun on 3/8/2005.