Veronica Hairgrove, 88, of Beaumont, entered into eternal life on December 22, 2015, at Harbor Hospice, with her family by her side. She was born on December 9, 1927, in Burlington, Vermont, to Alberta Ursla Jacobs Barlow and Lewis Eli Barlow.
Veronica lived in the New England states with her parents until the age of eighteen. She met and married Marion Hairgrove, a United States Navy submarine radio operator, at a USO dance in Moosup, Connecticut during World War II, and were married a month after they met on July 6, 1946. They moved to Timpson, Texas and raised seven children.
Veronica is survived by her children, Brian Hairgrove, of Pasadena; Stanley Hairgrove, of Timpson; Alan Hairgrove, of Timpson; Sherry Hairgrove - Gallier, of Timpson; Brett Hairgrove, of Vidor; Janis Hairgrove, of Beaumont; and Randy Hairgrove and his wife, Sunny, of Sante Fe, Texas; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and sister, Rita French of, North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marion Hairgrove; brothers, Walter Barlow, Donald Barlow, and Robert Barlow; and best friend of sixty-seven years, Jean Spooner.
A Rosary for Mrs. Hairgrove will be recited at 10:00 a.m., with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 26, 2015, at St. Anne Catholic Church, 2715 Calder Avenue, Beaumont. Her interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 700 North Street Suite M, Beaumont, Texas 77701.
