Elizabeth (Latour) Freeman

Waltham – Elizabeth (Betty) Latour Freeman of Waltham Massachusetts, formerly of Lowell, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2026 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was 86.

Elizabeth was born on September 5, 1939 in Lowell to the late Edward C. and Nina (Bechard) Latour. She was raised and educated in Lowell where she was a member of the Girl’s Officers Club at Lowell High School. She received many academic awards including full tuition to her first year at Boston University, where she was a proud graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in history and government.

Elizabeth met her future husband, Edward Freeman in 1963. She loved telling the story about how he first caught her eye when he crashed an invitation-only party that she was attending in Boston. They married on September 3, 1966 in Lowell and first lived in Watertown, before eventually settling in Waltham, where they raised their family.

Known as Betty to her family and many friends, she was known for her kindness and love for her family. She loved dancing to Big-Band and 50's music, watching Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics games, golf tournaments and old movies, especially musicals. Betty always looked forward to her weekly bridge games with the neighborhood girls and never missed Friday night Bingo at Our Lady’s in Waltham, earning her the affectionate nicknames ‘Baseball Betty’ and ‘Bingo Betty’.

Betty had a knack for numbers and finance and worked for the Shawmut Bank in Brighton and at Moody & Reagan Printers in Waltham for many years. She worked at the Bentley University Book Store, and helped manage the books for those with small businesses that needed assistance. Betty volunteered as a City Clerk at the voting polls during elections. She also generously donated her time at Our Lady’s Church in Waltham as a neighborhood CCD teacher and successfully ran the church’s 1000 Club for more than 25 years.

She loved going out for dinner, playing cards with friends and family, reading, and neighborhood gatherings. Betty loved travelling to Foxwoods, Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Branson, as well as spending summer vacations on Cape Cod. She took great joy in hosting holidays and was an amazing cook and baker, famous for her lemon meringue and apple pies.

Elizabeth was the beloved wife of the late Edward Freeman, a registered Pharmacist, who passed away in 2021. They were married for more than 55 years. She was the loving and devoted mother of Deborah Elizabeth Aucoin and her husband Darrin of Waltham, MA and Lisa Joye O'Brien and her husband Michael of Weymouth, MA. She was sister-in-law of Raymond Malley and his wife Josette of Hanover, NH, and the late William Malley, Patricia DeRosa, Audrey Malley, Richard Freeman and Robert Freeman. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and dear friends.

Family and friends will honor and remember Elizabeth's life by gathering for an Evening Wake at The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Tuesday, February 3rd from 4 to 7 p.m. and again at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Febuary 4th before leaving in procession to Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church, 880 Trapelo Road, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a..m Burial will be in Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

Donations in Elizabeth’s memory may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) or https://www.jdrf.org/donate or as a devoted animal lover, donations may also be made in her memory to The Cat Connection in Waltham at https://bit.ly/3MBCEig