Marlene E. (Dow) Forrence, 89, of Hudson, widow of John A. “Jack” Forrence, Sr., passed away Sunday evening, February 16, 2025 at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, after a period of declining health.
A lifelong resident of Hudson, she was born in Nashua on March 28, 1935, a daughter of the late Earl and Margaret (Noyes) Dow. Educated in Hudson schools, Marlene was a graduate of Alvirne High School Class of 1952. During her years at Alvirne, she was a member of the cheerleaders.
In addition to raising her family, Marlene worked as an accountant at the former Centronics in Hudson; the Hudson Water Company for several years and later at Concrete Systems until her retirement.
She was a communicant and Eucharistic Minister of St. John The Evangelist Church in Hudson. She held membership in the Business & Professional Women’s Club of Nashua. In her leisure time, she and her husband Jack loved fishing and trips to the beach.
Marlene was predeceased by her husband Jack, who passed away on February 21, 1998. The couple shared 35 wonderful years together.
Members of her family include five children, Brian Landry of Franklin, Denise Morgan and her husband Robert of Florida, Lisa Ricard and her fiancé Richard Clark, Jr. of Litchfield, Joyce Nadeau and her husband Wayne of Hudson and Gerard Landry of Hudson; five grandchildren, Jason, Danielle, Gregg, Andrew and Keeley; six great-grandchildren, Gavin, Anthony, Brady, Rebecca, Alannah and Skylar; her five step-children, Joyce Wilcox and her husband John of Hudson, Jess Forrence and his wife Jean of Hudson, Judith Vadney and her husband Michael of Nashua, John Forrence Jr. and his wife Patty of Hudson and James Forrence and his wife Lori of Mont Vernon; her uncle, Roland Noyes and his wife Gail of Nashua; sister-in-law, Natalie Gendron of Nashua; also many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Besides her husband and parents, Marlene was predeceased by her brothers, Harold Dow and Gary Gendron; and her sister, Earlene A. Calabro.
There are no calling hours. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. John XXIII Parish (St. John The Evangelist Church), 25 Library Street, Hudson, Monday, February 24th at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at St. Patrick Cemetery in Hudson. Friends are invited to attend and asked to meet at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Community Hospice House, 7 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, NH 03054. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.farwellfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of the Farwell Funeral Service, 18 Lock Street, Nashua.
