Exeter, NH: Constance M. (Holbrook) Marra, 77, of Exeter and a former resident of Hampstead, died April 29, 2018 at Exeter Hospital.

Born in Boston, daughter of the late Marguerite (Maguire) Holbrook, she was raised and educated in East Weymouth, graduating from Weymouth High School with the Class of 1958. As a young woman, she was employed by New England Telephone.

Mrs. Marra and her late husband "Sonny" owned and operated a successful amusement company for many years. She was known as a warm and maternal woman to many of the people who worked for her and with her and was affectionately referred to as the "Mother of the Midway". In later years she worked as a secretary in the administrative offices of the Topsfield and Marshfield fairs warmly welcoming and assisting anyone who came in to her office.

A resident of Allston, MA for several years, Mrs. Marra moved to Newton, NH in 1980 and later relocated to Hampstead, NH in 2006 and was a member of Saint Anne's Parish.

She served as the Secretary of the New England Showman's Association for over twenty years as well as the Past-President of the Emerson Park Resident's Association of Hampstead.

Mrs. Marra enjoyed playing and mostly winning at card games, cribbage and bingo. She volunteered as a greeter for the Topsfield Fair for many years and could be counted on by her husband to have his fishing pole ready at a moment's notice.

The loving and devoted wife of the late John A. "Sonny" Marra, she will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by two daughters, Patricia (Marra) Duval of Exeter, and Toni Marra, formerly of Newton, a sister and brother-in-law Barbara and Thomas Curtin, of East Weymouth, three grandsons, Donald J. Marra, Nicholas C. Duval and John A. Duval, all of Exeter, three nieces, Barbara Graceffa of Quincy, MA, Carole Corthell of South Weymouth, MA and Cheryl Markarian of Florida, a nephew, Thomas Curtin of Marshfield, MA, two step daughters, Donna Harrington of Flagstaff, AZ and Debra Marra of Foxboro, MA, and a dear friend Margaret Davidson of Marshfield, MA.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Mrs. Marra's Life Celebration to be held on Sunday, May 6, 2018 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home, 116 Main ST., Plaistow, NH. Her funeral will begin on Monday morning, May 7, 2018 at 8:45 am from the funeral home with a Funeral Service at 10 a.m. in Saint Anne's Church, Emerson Avenue, Hampstead. Burial will follow in Lakeview Cemetery, Hampstead. The family requests that family and friends bring their favorite picture of Mrs. Marra to the calling hours on Sunday to be added to a memory board.