Marie R. Grenda

Marie R. (Fleming) Grenda, R.N., age 99 of Lowell passed away Thursday January 22, 2026 at Lowell General Hospital, surrounded by her loving family.

She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Grenda who died in 1968.

Marie was born in Everett on March 5, 1926, the daughter of the late Matthew J. Fleming and the late Sheila (Linehan) Fleming of Revere and Billerica.

She graduated from Howe High School in Billerica in 1945, and from Lowell General Hospital School of Nursing in 1948, and became an R.N.

She was a member of the last graduating class of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corp. of WWII.

While raising her family, Marie did private duty nursing, and after the death of her husband, she went to work at Lowell General Hospital for the next twenty years, retiring in 1989.

For over thirty years she enjoyed summer vacations in E. Dennis on Cape Cod with her children and grandchildren.

Marie enjoyed traveling, going to the theatre, reading, crocheting, crossword puzzles, watercolor painting (which she did quite well), and afternoon tea. Most of all she enjoyed being with her family.

She is survived by her three children, Geraldine (Grenda) Hall and husband Richard of Tewksbury, Joseph Grenda Jr. and wife Paula (Beauregard) of Lowell, and David Grenda and wife Mary (Connors) of Lowell; her five grandchildren, Melissa (Hall) Fontaine and husband Matt of Lowell, Stacy (Hall) Centola and husband Anthony of Norfork, Kelly (Grenda) Bertrand and husband David of Lowell, Joanna (Grenda) Craig and husband Shawn of Lowell and Brian Grenda and wife Janice (Stefaniak) of Milford, N.H; her eight great-grandchildren, Joseph, Madyson and Elizabeth Bertrand, Violet Centola, Shawn Craig, Emalee, David and Lily Grenda and Matai Fontaine (step-grandson); and her brother, Edward Fleming and wife Linda (Merten) Fleming.

She was predeceased by her two sisters, Margaret Fleming Burns and husband Gerard, and Sheila Fleming (Jaskolka) Robillard; and her brother Matthew Fleming Jr. and wife Alice (Merten) Fleming.

Visiting Hours will be held on Monday, February 2, 2026 from 9am to 11am at the DRACUT FUNERAL HOME, 2159 LAKEVIEW AVENUE, DRACUT followed by her Funeral Service at 11am in the Funeral Home. Interment in St. Mary Cemetery, Tewksbury.