Mary Makepeace (Myers) Samia

LEOMINSTER — Mary Makepeace (Myers) Samia, a longtime resident of Leominster passed peacefully on July 31, 2023, with her loving family by her side. She was predeceased by her husband of 51 years, Robert J. Samia. 

She leaves her three children, Louise M. Fusco and her husband, Richard of Leominster; James A. Samia and his wife, Lisa of Avon, CT; Joyce M. Moore of Magnolia, MA; her grandchildren, Christie L. Fusco and her partner, Alex Green, of East Boston and James M. Fusco of Lunenburg; her great granddaughter, Leia Rose Green; her brother and sisters-in-law David R. Samia and his wife, Ethel of Leominster and Beryl Samia of Wells, ME; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Christie Tolstoy of New York City and Landgrove, VT and a brother, John (Jay) Myers of Calais, VT.

Mary was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1936 to Louise (Hudson) and George F. Myers and called Vermont home from the time she was 4 years old. She lost her parents at a young age and was raised by a caring aunt and uncle, William and Imogene Hudson. She found her voice when she attended Clarke School for the Deaf of Northampton, MA where she also met her husband Robert at age 15. She graduated from Clarke School in 1955 and went on to graduate from Northfield School for Girls in 1958 and Chandler School for Women in 1959. After marrying Robert, she lived in Leominster for most of her life. Although raising her family was her favorite job, she also worked at Leominster Hospital Central Service for a number of years. She was active in the deaf community as a member of the New England Deaf Senior Citizens and the Clarke School Alumni Association. She was a member of Pilgrim Congregational Church in Leominster. 

Mary was a talented artist from a young age in many areas including painting, sewing, quilting and crafts and enjoyed creating art and other works for family and friends. She enjoyed being active her entire life, skiing and skating in her younger days and taking long walks in the later years. She shared her husband’s love for Harley Davidson motorcycles and loved to travel, seated behind him as they took many trips up and down the east coast to visit family and friends. In her retirement, she especially enjoyed attending her grandchildren's theatre and sporting events.  Her favorite pastimes included spending time with her children and grandchildren, baking cookies and brownies from scratch for all occasions, visiting with her friends and creating scrapbooks of her family’s adventures and accomplishments. Mary was a wonderful friend to many who knew her and she will be dearly missed. 

The family would like to acknowledge and thank Mary’s caregiver, Sherie Kirouac for her wonderful care during the last year of her life.

Calling hours will be held on Saturday, August 5, 2023 from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. at Richardson Funeral Home, 106 West St., Leominster, MA, followed by a service to be held at 11:00 a.m.at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 26 West St., Leominster. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery also in Leominster. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in Mary’s name to either the Pilgrim Congregational Church, 26 West St. Leominster, MA 01453 or to a Military affiliated organization of one's choice. 

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