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Agnes May
Surette
Agnes May (Buttlar)
Surette, 95, a longtime resident of Malden, passed away on
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at the Ellis Nursing and Rehab Center in
Norwood, MA. She was born
January 21, 1916 in Dedham, MA, the daughter of Robert and
Elizabeth (Ringler) Buttlar. She was raised and educated in
Dedham, and graduated from Dedham High School with the class of
1934. She married Kenneth G. Lake and the two settled down in
Malden in 1937 to raise their family. Sadly, Kenneth passed away
in 1956, but Agnes later found love again and she and Josh I.
Surrette were married. They shared many wonderful years
together until Josh's passing in 1981.
Agnes worked
for many years as a Sales Associate for Woolworths in Malden.
She had also worked at Transitron in Malden, assembling diodes
at the manufacturing plant. Agnes was a long time active member
of the Centre United Methodist Church of Malden, now called the
Good Shepherd Methodist Church. She regularly volunteered her
time with the church with their different functions and events.
She was a member of the Women’s Society of the Centre Methodist
Church, and a member of Rebecca’s Lodge #99 of Malden. She had
also been a volunteer at the Dexter House Nursing Home with a
group from the Mystic Side Congregational Church in Malden.
She is
survived her daughter, Dorothy Lake-Winders of CA, her son,
Kenneth G. Lake Jr. of Malden, her brother, Edward Buttlar of
IN, her grandchildren, Kimberly, Karen, Luellen, a
Kenneth.Lake III, and 4 great grandchildren, and her dear niece
and nephew Cynthia Masciarelli and G. Robert Brauer who also
served as her caregivers, as well as
many other nieces and nephews, grand nieces and grandnephews
across the country.
Agnes was
preceded in death by her
first husband, Kenneth G. Lake Sr, her second husband Josh I.
Surette, her parents, Robert and Elizabeth Buttlar; her
daughter Jacqueline Mae Lake; her 2 brothers Harold L. Buttlar
and Robert G.J. Buttlar; her 4 sisters, Dora A. Brauer,
Mildred E. Buttlar, Louise C. Linnekan, and Elizabeth G. Luce
Visitation
will be at Weir - MacCuish Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street,
Malden on Tuesday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, and 7:00PM to 9:00
PM.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday, June 22nd, at 11:00at the Weir - MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home Burial will
be in the Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody.
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