Ann E. (Foley) VanGeyte
September 22, 1919 ~ March 30, 2015
TOPSFIELD- Ann E. (Foley) VanGeyte, 95, passed away on March 30, 2015 in Beverly Hospital. She was the loving wife of the late Gilbert VanGeyte, with whom she shared 46 years of marriage.
Born in Wakefield on September 22, 1919, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Nora T. (Meade) Foley. Ann was raised and educated in Wakefield and attended Saint Josephs. She resided in Topsfield, where she raised her family. Ann also was co-owner of the Sunny Lane Drycleaners in Topsfield for over 25 years. She enjoyed traveling, cruising, dancing and crocheting.
She is survived by her three children and their spouses, Gil and Patricia VanGeyte of Boxford, Gary and Fran VanGeyte of Chester, NH and Gail and Kendall Magee of Topsfield, her sister Patricia Loveless of Wakefield, her ten grandchildren, Julianna, Kevin, Scott, Brian, Michael, Leah, Seth, Leslie, Stephanie and Stephen, ten great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her siblings, Barbara Howe, John Foley, Theresa Rosati, Katherine Blundell, Mary Carney and Betty Foley.
Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30AM on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 in Saint Rose of Lima Church, Park St., Topsfield. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Topsfield. Visiting hours are Monday from 4-7PM at C.R. Lyons & Sons, Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers, MA, 01923. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy made in Ann’s name to the Brain Injury Assoc. of Mass., 30 Lyman St. Suite #10, Westborough, MA, 01581.
I want to say “Thank You” again Auntie Annie for sharing some of your genealogy knowledge and important documents with me about our family. If not for you some family facts would have been lost, perhaps forever. God Bless You! Say Hello to my mother for me. Love Joan
Lit a candle in memory of Ann E. (Foley) VanGeyte
LOVE YOU WILL MISS YOU I REMBER THE GITAR AND THE WALL BASH CANNON BALL.ALL MY LOVE TO THE FAMILY .LEWIS J ROSATI.
Dear Gary and Family,
We are thinking of you during this time. May your fond memories comfort you through the days ahead.
Warm regards,
Stacy & Roz
Please accept our heartfelt sympathy at a difficult time as this.
Love and prayers,
Alice, Justin and Jason Tierney
Thank you for your kindness Alice
Ann and Gil Van Geyte
It’s never easy to lose a family member regardless of their age.
Maybe even more difficult when they grow older.
Maybe it seems as if they will always be there for us.
Although many decades have passed since our family was close, I will always remember the people who were kind, and Aunt Annie was certainly one of them.
Please accept my sincerest sympathy, and know that she will always live on, in your hearts.
John Rosati Sr.