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Mary Cunningham Johnson Mary Cunningham Johnson, 89, died Saturday, June 9, 2001 at the Harborside Healthcare Northshore in Saugus, MA. Mary was born in Boston and educated in Somerville schools graduating from Somerville High School with the Class of 1928. When her mother passed away in 1930, when she was only nineteen, she took over raising her three siblings. In 1941 she went to work for the John Hancock Insurance Co. in Boston as a Group Underwriter and was employed there for thirty-one years retiring in 1973. She was a long time active member of the Christ United Methodist Church of Malden serving on various boards and committees. She was also a member of the Quarter Century Club of the John Hancock Insurance Co. Mrs. Johnson had lived in Malden for over sixty-eight years prior to moving to Harborside in Saugus, MA in 1998 . She is survived by her step-daughter, Doris M. Keer of Malden and her sister, Jean C. Moore of Saugus. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry W. Johnson of Malden, her brother William M. Ireland, Jr. who was killed in WW II US Army, and her sister Isabelle C. Martin of PA. She was born October 13, 1911 in Boston, MA the daughter of the late William M. and Catherine (Cunningham) Ireland, Sr. Visitation will be held at Weir MacCuish Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street, Malden, MA on Monday June 11th from 2-4 PM and 7-9 PM Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at 10:00 A.M. at the Weir MacCuish Funeral Home, 144 Salem St. Malden, MA. Rev. Ruth R. Oduor of the Christ United Methodist Church will be officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden.
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