- Date Of Birth: June 21, 1943
- Date Of Death: July 23, 2021
- State: Massachusetts
UPTON- Marion R. Despres, 78, of Upton, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021 surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Louis P. Despres to whom she celebrated 50 years of marriage this past February.
Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late William and Marion (McCarthy) Roche. She was raised and educated in Upton and attended St. Mary’s School in Milford. She graduated from Leo’s Beauty Institute in Worcester.
Marion was a self-employed hairdresser in Upton for many years.
She was a communicant of Holy Angels Parish and St.
In addition to her husband she is survived by five children, Patrick J. Despres and his partner, Talena, of Long Beach, CA, Andrew P. Despres and his partner, Elizabeth, of Folsom, CA, Leonora Towle of Auburn, MA, Glen Despres of Upton and Whitney Marsala and her husband, Daniel, of Pomfret, CT; her siblings, Mary Fedorczuk, Mildred Galeone, Patrick Roche, Kathleen Schultz, Dorothy O’Neil and Edward Roche; two grandchildren, Zoe and Tyler Towle and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother William Roche.
