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Charolotte Maude Hunt Cann

Charolotte Maude Hunt Cann, 104, a retired teacher from  Lincoln Elementary in Malden, where she worked for over 30  years, died Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Greystone Farm in Salem, New Hampshire.  She was born in 1906 in Winchester, MA,  the daughter of Sumner and Florence (Brown) Hunt.  Charlotte was raised and educated in Stoneham, graduating from Stoneham High with the Class of 1924.  She then attended Bridgewater State College where she received her Bachelors degree in Education.  She worked as a substitute teacher for a time before taking a permanent position at the Lincoln Elementary School in Malden.  She stayed there as a teacher for 32 years, until her retirement in 1960. 

In 1931, Charlotte married her sweetheart, John W.H. Cann.  They shared almost 60 years together until Johns passing in 1990.  Charlotte enjoyed traveling, and watching sports, especially hockey and baseball.  She also like crossword puzzles and was skilled at knitting and crocheting.   She also appreciated and valued sitting down with the family for dinners together. 

Charlotte is survived by her daughters,  Shirley L.  Bradley of Andover,  and Marilyn McLaughlin of Salem, NH, aw well as six grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband,  John,W.H. Cann, her parents,  Sumner and Florence (Brown) Hunt; and  her 2 siblings Richard  Hunt and  Doris  Kent

Visitation will be at Weir - MacCuish Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street, Malden on Tuesday, Feb 1st,  from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, with a funeral service beginning at 12 Noon.  Interment to follow in Puritan Lawn Cemetery, Peabody. 

Donations in Charlottes memory may be made to the Alzheimer's Association,311 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472.

 

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