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Zetta Marie Waite
Zetta Marie Waite, 84, a
retired retail sales associate for Sparks & Jordan Marsh, where she worked for
years, died Sunday, February 19, 2006 at the Melrose Wakefield Hospita., in
Melrose.. Zetta was born in Dorchester, MA, in 1921. She
married her husband Harley W. Waite in 1937, and the two would share over 60
years together raising their family. They moved to Malden in 1949, and spent 30
years living there. During that time, Zetta worked at various stores as a store
clerk, including Sparks and Jordan Marsh in Malden Square. Zetta and Harley
moved to Saugus in 1979.
Zetta was a longtime active
member of the Calvary Assembly of God in Lynnfield, and enjoyed spending time
with her grandchildren, great & great -great grandchildren.
She is survived by her sons,
Harley W. Waite Jr. of Wenham, MA, Robert A. Waite of FL, Carl A. Waite of
Malden, her daughter, Janet M. Twombley of NH, her brothers, Charles Gilman of
NJ, George Gilman of FL, her sisters, Edith Corter of NJ, and Nellie Blocker
of Fl., 13 grandchildren, 17 great- grandchildren, and 2 great-great
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her husband Harly W Waite, her parents, Charles and Edith (Holmes) Gilman, her
brothers Roy Gilman, Warren Gilman, Robert Gilman, Frank Gilman, and
Charles Gilman, and her sisters Ruth
Sorenson, Dorothy Dent, and Muriel Blankenship.
Visitation will be held at
Weir MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street, Malden, on
Wednesday from 5 - 9 PM
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 9:00 P.M. at Weir - Mac Cuish Funeral Home.
Pastor Richard Cortese will be officiating. Burial will be in the Puritan Lawn
Memorial Park in Peabody on Friday, Feb 24th, at 11 AM.
Contributions may be made to
The Salvation Army, 213 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148
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