Leda Dyment Obituary

TYNGSBORO -- Leda M. (Jacques) Dyment, 89, a former Tewksbury Hospital worker, died Thursday, July 7, at her home in Tyngsboro after a brief illness. She was the wife of Howard R. Dyment, who died in 1978.

She was born in Quebec, a daughter of the late Arthur and Rose (Baril) Jacques. As a child, she moved with her family from Canada to Tyngsboro, and attended the Winslow School in Tyngsboro.

Mrs. Dyment later worked in the Lowell mills and during World War II, made parachutes for the military. She then worked at Tewksbury Hospital as a nurses' aide until her retirement.

She resided in Tyngsboro with her daughter and son-in-law, where she was a communicant of St. Mary Magdalen Church. When she had lived on Quebec Street, Mrs. Dyment was communicant of Sacred Heart Chuch.

She enjoyed baking pies and sewing.

She is survived by a son, Robert H. Dyment of Okeechobee, Fla.; a daughter, Katherine G. Ayers and her husband Danny of Tyngsboro; three grandchildren, Lisa Souls and her husband Stephen of Manchester, Vt., Robert Dyment Jr. of Lowell and his mother Barbara Dyment of Lowell, and Aleisha Walburn and her husband Brandon of Dunstable; four great-grandchildren, Stephanie Souls, Kevin Souls, Katherine Walburn, and Danielle Walburn; several nieces and nephews. She also leaves her longtime devoted friend, Martha Jasilewicz of Tyngsboro.