Ballou, Persis Lovejoy (Abbot) - of Lexington, June 16, Beloved wife of 40 years of the late Sidney Reed Ballou of Lexington and Concord. Loving mother of David Ballou and his wife Cindy of Fairfield, IA, Ted Ballou and his wife Carol of Naperville, IL, Stephen Ballou and his wife Annie of Ossining, NY and Melinda-Carol Ballou and her husband Patrick Oates of Bedford. Grandmother of Susan Petersmith and her husband Jim, Lauren Kayner, Eric Ballou and his wife Dia, Laura Ballou, Jane Vincent and her husband Alex, Joseph Ballou and his wife Nimmi, Michael Ballou, Marianna Joy Ballou and Liam Oates. Sister of the late Richard Rockwood Abbot and David Burton Abbot. Visiting hours Thursday June 19th from 7 to 9 pm in the Dee Funeral Home, 27 Bedford St., CONCORD CENTER. Memorial Service, Saturday, June 21st at 1:30 PM in the Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420. Private interment Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.