Gertrude D. LARRIVEE

DRACUT -- Gertrude D. (Larrivee) Maher, 85, died Thursday, April 7, at her home in Dracut. She was the wife of the late Victor B. Maher.She was born in Lowell on Nov. 25, 1919, a daughter of the late John B. and Emeline (LeBlanc) Larrivee.Prior to her retirement, Mrs. Maher was an invisible mender for the former Uxbridge Mill.She was a lifelong communicant of St. Louis de France Church in Lowell and a member of the Shrine of St. Jude.She is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Jeanne M. Patenaude of Dracut, Maureen M. and Stanley Maslanka of Dracut, and Denise B. and Daniel Grady of Kingston, N.H.; two sisters, Doris Mousseau and Lorraine Boucher, both of Lowell; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.She was also the mother of the late Paul A. Maher Sr.; and sister of the late William A., Robert E., Omer L. and Ralph G. Larrivee, Adrienne Lippe, Yvonne Byron and Irma Condon. Published in the Lowell Sun on 4/9/2005.