Loretta M. (Gaff) Lynch, 86, died on Sunday, September 1, 2024 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Francis J. Lynch.

She was raised and educated in Chelsea, MA and was a graduate of St. Rose High School in Chelsea. Loretta was employed for many years in the medical records department at Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital in Salem, NH until her retirement. Loretta was a long-time parishioner of St. Anne Parish in Hampstead, NH.

Although Loretta enjoyed participating in many activities like traveling to sunny places, visiting casinos, shopping for bargains at her favorite stores, and bowling with her friends in the women's league "The Debutantes", of Salem New Hampshire, her main love was spending time with her family. Her most happy moments were spent sitting on the beach at Angle Pond in Sandown, NH watching her grandchildren and great-grandchildren joyfully play around her.

Loretta is survived by her children; Colleen Blasetti and her husband Victor of Atlanta, GA, Stephanie Staff and her husband Michael of Ormand Beach, FL, Dan Lynch and his wife, Janet of S. Boston, Ellen Orio of Sandown, NH and her partner Jay Turcotte of Sandown NH, Scott Lynch and his wife Kathy of Newton, NH,  Stacey Mulhall and her husband Dan of Danville, NH, her eighteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, her siblings Tom Gaff and his wife Mary Jo of Fl, Jerry Gaff and his partner Gail of Hampstead, NH. She also leaves behind many nieces and nephews.

She was sadly predeceased by her children Dana Lynch and Allison Lynch and her siblings Jack Gaff, Harold Gaff and Jackie Ryan.

Friends and family are invited to attend calling hours on Sunday, September 8, 2024 from 1pm-4pm at the Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home 116 Main St., Plaistow. Her funeral will begin at the funeral home on Monday, September 9 at 9:30am, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Anne Parish Hamstead, NH at 10:30am. Interment at Center Cemetery, Sandown, NH.