Loved to sew, cook, swim and provide for her family
NORTH READING — Lillian F. (Rollston) Gunning, 84, of North Reading, died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, December 4, 2021. She was the beloved wife of the late Mark L. Gunning, who was a retired North Reading Police Officer for many years.
Born in Everett on October 21, 1937, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Lillian Rollston. She was raised and attended school in Malden and was a graduate of Malden High School. She was a homemaker and a dedicated mother of six children. Lillian had been a resident of North Reading for over 50 years. She attended the New England Bible Church in Andover.
Lillian loved to sew, cook for her family, pick fresh vegetables from her garden, and swimming in her pool and the ocean. Her biggest joy was providing for her family and listening to Christian hymns.
Family members include her loving daughters, Sharon Chosse’ and her late husband Mark of Burlington, Laurel Wagstaff and her late husband Mark of Methuen, twins Marcia Burke and her fiancé Daniel DeAngelis of Andover and Brenda Landers and her husband Donald of Chelmsford, and Jill Gunning and her fiancé Jon Lahey of Winchester. She was also the mother of the late David E. Gunning of New Hampshire.
Additionally, her family members include her brother, John J. Rollston and his wife Sandie, of Florida and she was the sister of the late Dorothy Rideout and sister-in-law of John “Jack” Rideout of Florida. Lillian was the loving grandmother of 11: Kristyn, Kayla, Spencer, Matthew, Allison, James, Shannon, Nathan, Gabby, Lucas and Breanna, and great-grandmother of two, Bryan and Isabelle.
Funeral services will be private and are under the direction of the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street, North Reading (www.croswellfuneralhome.com). In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her memory to the charity of one’s choice.
