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Madeline Yvonne Hughes

Madeline
Y. (Doucette) Hughes of Malden died Sunday December 23, 2007 at the Courtyard
Nursing Care Center in Medford, she was 75. Born on December 4, 1932, she was
the daughter of the late Elia and Margaret (Doucette). Mrs. Hughes was born in
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, and came to the states at the age of 16. She
settled in Malden with her family and later married William H. Hughes on May 26,
1961 in the First Baptist Church in Malden. They remained in Malden and raised
their daughter Laura.
Madeline was a life-long member and the past president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary,
American Legion Post # 69 of Malden as well as an active member of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Post #639 in Malden.
She
is survived by her husband William H. Hughes, Jr. and her daughter, Laura L.
McLaughlin, and her husband, Patrick, of Zebulon, NC, her three cherished
grandsons, as well as several cousins in Canada.
Funeral services will be held in the Weir-MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144
Salem Street, Malden, on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 11AM. Fr. David Meskell
will be the celebrant. Burial will be in the Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden.
Visitation will be held in the
funeral home on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM.
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