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Arlene Julia
Callahan-Sibley

Arlene J. (McCready) Callahan-Sibley died Wednesday, March 18,
2009 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, she was
79. Born on June 19, 1929 in Barre, VT, she was the daughter of
the late William and Florence (McKane) McCready. Arlene was
raised and educated in Barre and was a graduate of Spaulding
High School in Barre. She married her first love, Thomas F.
Callahan, in 1950 and were together until his untimely passing
1972. Arlene was fortunate to find love again when she married,
Robert J. Sibley in 1975. The couple spent over 22 years
together until Robert’s passing in 1997. Arlene worked for over
30 years as a telephone operator for the former New England
Telephone Co. in Malden until she retired in the late 1980’s.
Arlene loved to dance and enjoy any
free time she had. She enjoyed nothing more then to spend time
with her children, grandchildren and great-grand children.
Arlene is survived her children, Thomas W. Callahan and his wife
Nancy A. of Malden, Patricia M. Callahan and Debra J. Willcox,
both of Malden, and Janice M. Petrucci and her husband Wayne of
Lynnfield, her grandchildren, Thomas, Shannon, and Katelyn
Callahan, all of Malden, Rene Holderman of ME, Nicole Emerson of
VT, Joseph Wedge of Somerville, Dennis Willcox of Everett, Julie
Turner of Malden, and Samantha and Karlee Petrucci, both of
Lynnfield as well as 8 loving great-grandchildren.
In addition to
her husbands and parents, Arlene was preceded in death by her
siblings, Mary Fournier, Helen Burr, and Ralph McCready.
Funeral from the Weir-MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144
Salem Street, Malden, on Monday, March 23, 2009 at 9 AM
followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in Sacred Hearts Parish,
297 Main Street, Malden at 10 AM. Burial will follow in the
Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden.
Visitation
will be held in the funeral home on Sunday, March 22, 2009 from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM.
Weir MacCuish Funeral Home
(781) 322-0834
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