HAVERHILL - Ginny Howell, 85, of Haverhill, passed away on January 24, 2017 at Lawrence General Hospital.

Ginny was born on December 31,1931 to William and Florence Sweezey. She was raised in Malden and graduated from Malden High School. She later moved to Saugus where Ginny and her husband Thomas raised three children, Thomas (Bradley), Dawna and Denise. She lived in Saugus until 2002 when she moved to Haverhill to be near her daughters.

Ginny retired from General Electric in Lynn. After retirement, she enjoyed many activities such as roller skating, ballroom dancing and traveling. She was grateful for the chance she had to visit Germany, Africa, China, Alaska, and the West Coast. She also took several cruises and many trips to Disney World with her family. Ginny enjoyed entertaining and hosted many family gatherings and cookouts for friends.

Surviving family members include her children Thomas of Newbury, Dawna Osgood and husband Russ of Bradford and Denise Affannato and husband Charles of Haverhill; brother Byron Sweezey and wife Carolyn of Winter Haven, FL; five grandchildren Nathan Osgood and wife Shannon, Thomas Osgood and wife Ashley, Christopher Affannato, Tara Affannato and Nicole Affannato.

Visitation will be Friday, January 27 in the Driscoll Funeral Home, 309 So. Main Street, Bradford from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Memorial Service will begin at 6:30 PM. Relatives and friends are cordially invited. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Ginny's memory may be made to ALS by following the link below http://web.alsa.org/site/TR/Personal/General?px=7524238&pg=personal&fr_id=10051#.WIizY7YrJEJ

For online guestbook, please visit www.driscollcares.com