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Eleanor Louise Maffeo Eleanor L. (Chappell) Maffeo, 84, died Thursday morning, January 13, 2005 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose, MA. Eleanor was born in Cambridge, and raised in Malden. She was a graduate of Malden High School Class of 1938. In her earlier years she worked as a draftsman at the National Radio Co. on Mountain Ave., Malden. for ten years. She later worked for Zayre's Dept. Store, Medford as a salesclerk for four years. She was a life long member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Malden, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Daughters of Rebekah of Malden. Eleanor spend winters in Orlando, FL and summers in Ossipee, NH, she loved camping in New Hampshire. Mrs. Maffeo was a life long resident of Malden. She is survived by her son’s Herbert “Biff” Maffeo, Jr. and his wife Marie of Malden, Paul L. Maffeo and his wife Frances of Salisbury, her sister Virginia H. Nelson of Malden. Grandmother of Herbert Maffeo, III, Amanda Maffeo, Paul " Mike" Maffeo, Jessica A. Maffeo. She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert M. Maffeo Sr., her father Pearley Chappell, her mother Annie Shanks, and her brother Pearley A."Sonny" Chappell. She was born August 5, 1920 in Cambridge, Massachusetts the daughter of late Pearley and Annie (Shanks) Chappell. Visiting hours on Friday, January 14th. in the Weir-Mac Cuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St., Malden from 4-8 PM.. Contributions in Eleanor’s memory may be made to the Memorial Fund of the First Church of the Nazarene, 529 Eastern Ave., Malden, MA, 02148. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 15, 2005 at 10:00 A.M. in the First Church of the Nazarene, 529 Eastern Ave., Malden. The Rev. Rod Rivera will be officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.
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