Avis de décès de Estella M. Macleod

Estella M. (Gray) MacLeod, 100, of Marlborough, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 at Wingate at Sudbury. Born in Waltham and a resident of Marlborough since 1949, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Elizabeth (Porter) Gray. She had been the wife of Gordon MacLeod, who died in 1998. Following her graduation from Waltham High School in 1929, Estella began working for the Guild for the Hard of Hearing in Boston as a social worker. She later worked for the late Dr. Kendall Stephenson in Marlborough as a secretary and receptionist, retiring in 1980. She was a longtime, active member of the First United Methodist Church of Marlborough and the Geneology Society of Massachusetts and published author of the Descendants of Mary, Patrick and Cormick Gray. She is survived by her daughters, Bette Johnson and her husband, Russell, of Shelburne Falls, Priscilla Dalamangas and her husband, Leo, of Marlborough; her grandchildren, Dr. Sara Dalamangas and her husband, Jeffrey Moss, Emily Dalamangas, Matthew Johnson and his wife, Jennifer, Jennifer Heilman and her husband, Jay; and her great-grandchildren, Colton and Tessa Johnson and Areia and Owen Heilman. She was also the sister of the late Elden Gray. Visiting hours are Wednesday, Dec. 21, from 11 a.m. to noon, followed by a funeral service at noon, at the Slattery Funeral Home Inc., 40 Pleasant St., Marlborough. Burial will follow in Lakeview Cemetery, Rte. 30, Cochituate. Donations may be made to: Owens Heart, c/o of Owen Heilman, 96 Clesson Brook Road, Charlemont, MA 01339.