Faith L. Murray

Hampton - January 8, 2023 - Faith (MacLaine) Murray - Our family matriarch; a lover of sunrises, pink Bermuda beaches and a good party, let go of this beautiful life while holding court with all who loved her following a courageous 7 year battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Born in Amesbury, MA to Lucinda and Clarence MacLaine, she was the youngest of five children. She graduated from Amesbury High School and Burdett College in Lynn, MA and worked in surgical medical offices for over 60 years. She retired from Anna Jacques Hospital at the age of 80 and would have continued to be there if she physically was able. Faith married David Murray of Newburyport, MA and raised their four children in Newburyport before moving to Hampton, NH. Faith was active in Newburyport life. She was involved in the city’s annual Yankee Homecoming Week, chairing the program committee and hosting the entertainers of the “Old Fashion Sunday” event. There was always a flatbed truck awaiting her skill in making thousands of paper tissue flowers for an award winning parade float for the week’s end parade and she would host a post event BBQ that seemed to continue for days. Faith was the hostess to many election night parties when David was a city councilor and the smell of coffee and cake always meant company or a community meeting. She worked on Newburyport’s Bicentennial Anniversary Celebration in 1976 and was active in the Immaculate Conception Church. And boy did she love to go out dancing. She traveled to Italy, Greece, England, and enjoyed a few cruises but her favorite vacations were those family trips to Bermuda or 2 weeks cramming into a beach house. She was a die hard Senior and Junior Earnhardt fan and rumored to be the only one in pearls at the Daytona 500. Faith was predeceased by her parents Lucinda and Clarence and her five siblings, Eleanor Canepa, Shirley Hennessey, Joseph MacLaine and Clarence MacLaine. She is survived by her husband of 62 years David, her four children Lisa, (Keith), Andrea (Dennis), Leslie (Todd), and Daniel (Melissa). She leaves a lasting touch on 7 grandchildren that were her heart, her favorites; her athletes, mathletes, engineers, valedictorians and beauty queens: Joanna, Jacquelyn, Brent, Kyle, Anna, Melissa and Arianna along with so many nieces, nephews, greats and great greats. Visiting hours will be held from 4 to 7 PM on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 in the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home – Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 AM on Thursday at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 289 Lafayette Road, Hampton. Burial will follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Amesbury, MA. Mom loved her Veterans. Donations can be made to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation

Faith L. Murray

August 22, 1939 - January 8, 2023