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Dorothy Margaret Spinney Dorothy M. (Metcalfe) Spinney, 74, died suddenly Thursday morning, December 2, 2004 at her home in Malden, MA Dot was born in Malden and settled in Allston with her parents at the age of two. She was educated in the Boston school system, and continued her education and training at the Cambridge City Nursing School, and became a registered nurse. Dot married the love of her life Edson W. Spinney on Dec. 1, 1951 in Allston and the couple settled in Malden where they were longtime members of the Maplewood Baptist Church, Malden. Dot's thirty-two year career in the nursing industry, started at the Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett and continued in the New England Medical Center in Boston. Dot at one time, headed the District One of the NAACOG, a Nurses Association in Boston, through the New England Medical Center, she retired from nursing in 1992. With her slow loss of her vision, Dot filled her time with volunteer work at the Commission of the Blind and the Boston Ballet in Boston She and her husband Ed were members of the Lynn Yacht Club, where they both enjoyed sailing down the coast to the cape region. Dot is survived by her son’s Roger H. Spinney of Vineyard Haven, Edson "Ed" W. Spinney Jr. of North Reading, her cherished grandchildren, Christopher E., Heather L. and Ashley N. Spinney. She was preceded in death by her husband Edson, her father Roger A. Metcalf, and her mother Gladys V. Fielding. Visitation will be held at the Weir -MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St. Malden on Friday from 7-9 PM only. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Perkins School For The Blind, 175 North Beacon St., Watertown, MA 02472. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at the Weir -MacCuish Funeral Home. The Rev. Martha A. Dominy will be officiating. Interment will be private. |
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