Woman killed in Southbridge house fire remembered as ‘the heart of her family’

A woman who died after being rescued from a three-alarm house fire in Southbridge last week is being remembered for being a loving mother and grandmother.

Elizabeth P. Haight died as a result of a fire that broke out at her home at 417 South St. on March 9, authorities said previously. Her death at a hospital the following day was just four days after her 69th birthday.

Remembering Elizabeth Haight

Haight was born in Los Angeles on March 6, 1957, to George and Pauline Morris, according to her obituary. She was married to her husband, John “Jack” Haight, for 30 years before his death in 2021.

“She had a way of making everyone feel special, and no one ever seemed to leave her home empty-handed,” her obituary reads…

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