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Ethel Pauline Day Ethel P. (Larkin) Day of Malden, died Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, she was 80. Born on December 1, 1925 in Lower East Pubnico, Nova Scotia, Canada, Ethel was the daughter of the late William and Leta (Devine) Larkin. In 1930, she moved with her family to Malden and has been living in the same house ever since. Ethel attended and graduated from Malden High School with the Class of 1941. She married her sweetheart, Albert H. Day on June 3, 1948 in Fryeburg, ME and the two spent 35 of marriage together until Al’s passing in 1984. In her young adulthood, Ethel worked a clerical position for an insurance company in Boston before eventually taking a job with the Veterans Affairs Department, also in Boston. She worked for more than 20 years at the VA until her retirement in 1987. Ethel was an extremely helpful person; she helped many elderly and needy residents in her neighborhood with various chores and tasks. Ethel was a life-long resident of Malden and a communicant of the First Congregational Church of Revere. She is survived by her siblings, Lester Larkin of Woburn, Myrtle Currier of Del Ray Beach, FL, Alfred Larkin of Melrose, Gerald Larkin of NH, and Nancy Grandmont of Malden as well as many nieces, nephews, and grandnieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Albert H. Day and her brothers, Ernest, Kenneth, and Clyde Larkin. Visitation will be held at the Weir~ MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street Malden, MA on Monday, February 6, 2006 from 4-8 PM. A funeral service will be held in the First Congregational Church of Revere 230 Beach Street, Revere on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at 11 AM. Rev. Nicholas Granitsas, Pastor of the First Congregational Church will be officiating. Burial will immediately follow in the Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Ethel’s memory may be made to either: the Salvation Army, 213 Main St. Malden, MA 02148; the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 60 East 56th St. 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022; or the American Lung Association, 5 Mountain Rd. Burlington, MA 01803.
Weir MacCuish Funeral Home (781) 322-0834 |
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