LANCASTER - Kelly Lynn Bishop, 46, passed away Saturday morning March 6, 2010, at Country Village Genesis Elder Care, Lancaster, after a 13 year battle with Huntington's Disease. Her family was by her side.
Kelly was born in Lancaster on August 31, 1963, the daughter of Robert and Nancy Ann (Hurlbert) Bishop.
She was a graduate of White Mountain Regional High School and for a time was employed in the bakery at Butson's Supermarket, Lancaster. The greatest loves in her life were being a mother and her palomino Chucky.
Family members include her father and stepmother Robert Bishop and Cathy of Lancaster; her three children, Timothy Briggs of Concord, VT, Shannon Berry and her husband Scott of North Haverhill, NH, Mindi Briggs and her fiancée Michael Hicks of Lancaster; her brother Mike Bishop and his wife Della of Lancaster; step-sisters Paula Dunn and husband Robert of Lancaster; Wendy Stuart of Lancaster; grandchildren, Noah, Logan, Hunter, Damian, Scott III, Alden, Dakota, Mariah; nieces, nephews and cousins. Her mother and her sister Kathy Marie Bishop predeceased her.
Visiting hours will be held Tuesday evening March 9, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A graveside service will be held Wednesday morning at 11:00 AM in Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster. Rev. Ron Bruce, pastor of the Christ United Methodist Church will officiate.
In lieu of flowers donations maybe made in Kelly's memory to the Huntington's Disease Society of America, New England Regional Office, 6 Courthouse Lane Unit 12, Chelmsford, MA 01824.