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Doris Evelyn Coles
Doris E. (Barkhouse) Coles of Malden, died suddenly, Tuesday morning, March 27, 2007 at the Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett, she was 84. Doris was born on August 24, 1922 in Cambridge; she was the daughter of the late Ralph & Gretchen (Voroom) Barkhouse. Mrs. Coles was educated in the Malden School System and was a graduate of Malden High School Class of 1940. After her education, Doris would later meet and marry her sweetheart Ellerton G. Coles in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in 1941. The couple would spend the next twenty-seven years together in Malden, raising their daughter Marcia. As a family, they enjoyed many summers in Cohasset at their summer place. In late December of 1968, Ellerton would pass on. After the death of her husband, Doris began working as a telephone operator for the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company at the Elm St. Malden office in the information services department. After eighteen years of service, Doris would retire in 1987. She had been a member of the New England Telephone & Telegraph, Pioneers Club. Doris was a life long and active member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, were she co-headed the church’s thrift shop. She was a longtime member of the Woodmen of the World Organization. Doris enjoyed traveling to Florida visiting her sister and brothers and was an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox. She is survived by her daughter Marcia J. Sullivan and her husband Michael P. Sullivan of Malden, her sister, Nancy Figueiredo of Florida, her brothers, Edwin Barkhouse of Alabama, Gordon & Frank Barkhouse both of Florida, her grandchildren, Michael Sullivan of Florida, Lee Sullivan of Reading, and Laurie O'Rourke of Franklin and her six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ellerton G. Coles, her brothers, Harry, Hubert, and Ralph Barkhouse. Visitation will be held in the Weir-MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St. Malden on Friday, March 30, 2007 from 4-8 PM. Contributions in Doris memory may be made to The Bread of Life. Inc., 511 Main St., Malden, MA 02148 or St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 388 Lynn St., Malden, MA 02148. Funeral from the Weir-MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St., Malden, on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 9 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 388 Lynn St., Malden at 10 AM. Rev. Dr. Charles Moore, Jr. of St. Luke's Episcopal Church will be officiating. Burial will immediately follow in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody.
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