Obituary for Mary Ann Hayward
Mary Ann (Tewell) Hayward, age 74, a longtime resident of Chelmsford, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 31, 2022. She was the beloved wife of Clyde F. Hayward with whom she enjoyed 50 years of marriage.
She was born in Richmond, Indiana on July 6, 1948 and was the daughter of the late Harold E. and Virginia M. (Costello) Tewell. The family later moved to Natick then to a new development in Chelmsford in 1962. Then after her marriage in 1972, the couple honeymooned in VT, then moved to Medford, then Tyngsboro and finally returned to Chelmsford.
Mary Ann graduated from Chelmsford High School with the Class of 1966, went to Northeastern University for her x-ray license, interned at Lowell General, then worked at Star Market in Chelmsford, A.J. Felz in Burlington (where she met her future husband) in 1969 (they had each other from “Hello”), a stint at the Tyngsboro library, then Lowell Vocational School. She obtained an Associate’s Degree at Middlesex Community College and finally went back to x-ray at the Saints Walk-In Centers where she retired.
She and her family loved nature and the outdoors from the Green Mountains of Vermont to the White Mountains of NH, Cape Ann to the coast of Maine and from the Berkshires to the Outer Cape Cod. She loved camping, canoeing, stargazing, exploring new places and hiking. Her interests were gardening, study of Thoreau, history, reading, sewing, writing, embroidery, stargazing, music, movies, playing with her grandson, and arts and crafts.
In addition to her loving husband Clyde 75, Mary Ann is survived by her beloved son Eric 49 and his girlfriend Heather Osterberg; her “Favorite” grandson Connor 28 and his beautiful wife MacKenzie (Reid) Hayward; her Aunts Maureen Barry of Westford, and Barbara Mackenzie of Arlington TX; and many wonderful cousins. She will be missed by many friends from the Voke, her friends from the “Walk-in group” and her friends at the “Breakfast Club”, and her neighbors.
According to her wishes, there will be no funeral or internment. Her ashes will be scattered by her husband and son in their final goodbyes at places that she loved. She will always be in the sky, earth, ocean and in our hearts.
“ She belongs among the wildflowers, far away from her troubles and worries, she belongs somewhere she feels free”
She was born in Richmond, Indiana on July 6, 1948 and was the daughter of the late Harold E. and Virginia M. (Costello) Tewell. The family later moved to Natick then to a new development in Chelmsford in 1962. Then after her marriage in 1972, the couple honeymooned in VT, then moved to Medford, then Tyngsboro and finally returned to Chelmsford.
Mary Ann graduated from Chelmsford High School with the Class of 1966, went to Northeastern University for her x-ray license, interned at Lowell General, then worked at Star Market in Chelmsford, A.J. Felz in Burlington (where she met her future husband) in 1969 (they had each other from “Hello”), a stint at the Tyngsboro library, then Lowell Vocational School. She obtained an Associate’s Degree at Middlesex Community College and finally went back to x-ray at the Saints Walk-In Centers where she retired.
She and her family loved nature and the outdoors from the Green Mountains of Vermont to the White Mountains of NH, Cape Ann to the coast of Maine and from the Berkshires to the Outer Cape Cod. She loved camping, canoeing, stargazing, exploring new places and hiking. Her interests were gardening, study of Thoreau, history, reading, sewing, writing, embroidery, stargazing, music, movies, playing with her grandson, and arts and crafts.
In addition to her loving husband Clyde 75, Mary Ann is survived by her beloved son Eric 49 and his girlfriend Heather Osterberg; her “Favorite” grandson Connor 28 and his beautiful wife MacKenzie (Reid) Hayward; her Aunts Maureen Barry of Westford, and Barbara Mackenzie of Arlington TX; and many wonderful cousins. She will be missed by many friends from the Voke, her friends from the “Walk-in group” and her friends at the “Breakfast Club”, and her neighbors.
According to her wishes, there will be no funeral or internment. Her ashes will be scattered by her husband and son in their final goodbyes at places that she loved. She will always be in the sky, earth, ocean and in our hearts.
“ She belongs among the wildflowers, far away from her troubles and worries, she belongs somewhere she feels free”