Tamara (Lukowicz) O’Hara, 53, of Marion passed away peacefully and surrounded by love on Thursday, June 22, 2023. She was the wife and soulmate of Shawn O’Hara.
Born in Providence Rhode Island, the daughter of Glenn and Celine (DeCesere) Lukowicz, she spent her early childhood in Hawaii, and most of her life in Marion. Tamara was a graduate of Bishop Stang High School and Bristol Community College where she earned her degree in Nursing. Tamara worked as a Registered Nurse in the Fall River area for both St Anne’s Hospital and Prima Care for a combined twenty-five years.
Tamara loved traveling, and her dogs, but mostly any activities or time she could spend with her family and friends where she enveloped everyone she met with kindness, compassion, laughter and love.
Tamara is survived by her husband Shawn, her step-children whom she just adored, Joshua O’Hara, Jacob O’Hara and his partner Kaitlin Oliveira, and Annie O’Hara, her parents Glenn and Celine, her sister Kym (Lukowicz) Lee and her husband Terence, her nephews Dr. Terence Lee, Jr. and his partner Dr. Ashley Lin, and Matthew Lee. In addition she leaves behind her mother and father-in-law Christine (Paltrineri) and George O’Hara Jr., her sister-in-law Cynthia O’Hara and brother-in-law George O’Hara III and his partner Mary Tierney, along with beloved aunts, uncle, nieces, nephews, and the most incredible friends and friendships.
She is predeceased by her grandparents Bill and Agnes DeCesare, and Leon and Diana Lukowicz as well as Louis and Treva Paltrineri, Barbara and George O’Hara Sr., Nicholas Pilla, Lisa McIntosh Fucile and Ian Barlow.
We would like to thank the incredible doctors and nurses and staff at both Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital for their exceptional care and compassion throughout this past year.
Her Funeral Mass will be held Friday, June 30, 2023 at 10 am at St. Mary’s Church, 789 Dartmouth St., Dartmouth, with everyone invited to meet directly at Church. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 29, 2023 from 4-8 pm at the Saunders-Dwyer Mattapoisett Home for Funerals, 50 County Road, Mattapoisett. In lieu of flowers donations in Tamara’s memory can be made to Dana Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284. For directions and guestbook, visit www.saundersdwyer.com.
