Avis de décès de Margaret A. Whalen

Margaret A. Whalen, 97, a local resident for nearly 3 years, and a former lifelong resident of Maine, died Friday January 24, 2014 at Shrewsbury Crossings. Born in Bangor, she was a daughter of the late Patrick E. and Sadie (Kennedy) Whalen. A graduate of Danforth High School in 1935, she earned her undergraduate degree at Colby College in 1939 and an advanced degree from Simmons College in Boston in 1944. Margaret was employed for many years as the state of Maine Librarian and Archivist in Augusta and was a life member of the American Historical Society as well as an avid reader. She is survived by a sister: Mary Frances Whalen of Augusta, Maine; a niece: Mary Ellen Logue and her husband Robert of Sutton; a grandnephew: Michael J. Logue of Sutton and a grandniece: Christine E. Logue-Casali and her husband Dean of Framingham and a great grandniece: Eva Mei Casali. She was the sister of the late Patricia E. Cole. Visiting hours are Wednesday Jan. 29, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at Boyle Bros. Funeral Home, 173 Union Ave., Framingham. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday Jan. 30 at 9:00 am at St. Bridget's Church, 830 Worcester Rd., Rte. 9 East, Framingham. Burial will take place at Mt. Pleasant Catholic Cemetery in Bangor, Maine. Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations in Margaret's name be made to: the ;(function() { var adKeyValue = 't='; adKeyValue+= escape('clio=AHA'); adKeyValue += escape('&cobrand=metrowestdailynews'); adKeyValue += escape('&linktext=American Heart Association'); adKeyValue += escape('&linkurl=http://donate.heart.org/site/c.fmJUKcOZJkI8G/b.8077571/k.6133/Donate_to_American_Heart_Association/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=68LEG&trib_fname=Margaret&trib_lname=Whalen&honor=true'); adKeyValue += escape('&fn=Margaret'); adKeyValue += escape('&ln=Whalen'); var adClkUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1283207245'; var adImpUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1283207245'; document.write("American Heart Association"); }()); , 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA. 01701. For further information, go to boylebrothers.com