Gertrude A. (Denault) Moffett died at home on October 23, 2026 with her family around her. She was 94.
She was born in Dracut on August 12, 1932, the daughter of Joseph and Flora (Forget) Denault, raised and educated in Lowell, and earned her bachelor’s degree at Fitchburg State, where she met her husband, Robert Moffett, who died before her. They moved to Beverly in 1957 to raise their family. She began teaching elementary school in Dracut and spent much of her career at the Great Oak School in Danvers. She summered at Alton Bay, N.H., and traveled with friends.
She leaves her daughter, Mary Louise Moffett, and her son, Robert R. Moffett, both of Beverly; her grandchildren, Meagan Gjojdeshi and her husband Xhoi, Molly Moffett, Margaret Seals and her husband William, Robert O. Moffett and Emily Moffett; and her great-granddaughter, McKenzie.
Visitation is Thursday, October 29 from 10 to 11 a.m. at C.R. Lyons and Sons, 28 Elm Street, Danvers, with a funeral service there at 11 and burial at St. Mary Cemetery, Brimbal Avenue, Beverly. The family suggests donations to Sarah’s Place, 180 Water Street, Haverhill, MA 01830.
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