Jeffry Joseph HEROUX

CHELMSFORD -- Jeffry Joseph Heroux, 27, of Chelmsford, a carpenter in town and a former standout high school football player, died unexpectedly Monday, Nov. 28, at Lowell General Hospital. He was the husband of Melissa (Merrill) Heroux, and they were married on Oct. 8.He was born in Lowell, Nov. 23, 1978, son of Robert Heroux of Nashua and JoAnne (Loiselle) Heroux of Chelmsford. He was raised in Chelmsford and graduated from Chelmsford High School in 1997. He attended the University of Massachusetts Lowell.Mr. Heroux was a carpenter for the Wojcik Development Co., in North Chelmsford. He was active in sports. He played baseball in the Chelmsford Little League, was co-captain of the Chelmsford High School varsity football team and played rugby at UMass Lowell.Mr. Heroux was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church in North Chelmsford.Besides his wife and parents, he is survived by two sisters and a brother-in-law, Amy Beth and Joseph Skenderian of Lincoln, and Debra Heroux of North Chelmsford; his maternal grandparents, Donald and Doris Loiselle of Chelmsford; his paternal grandparents, Francis and Muriel Heroux of North Chelmsford; his wife's parents, Ernest and Joanne Merrill of Wilmington; two brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law, Ernest Merrill Jr. and Angela Merrill and Christopher Merrill, all of Wilmington; a niece, Samantha Brooke Skenderian; two nephews, Joshua Joseph Skenderian and Alexander Merrill. He also leaves many aunts, uncles, cousins and a very close-knit group of friends that he considered family. Published in the Lowell Sun on 12/1/2005.