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Fannie E.
Wilsack (Thompson)
Fannie E.
Wilsack (Thompson), a longtime resident of Malden, passed away
in Wilmington on Friday, May 21st. Fannie was born and raised in
Everett, MA, the oldest of seven children. She was a graduate of
Everett H.S. with the class of 1932. The following year, she
married her sweetheart, Frank A. Wilsack in Sacred Hearts Church
in Malden, and the two shared the next 67 years together until
Frank's passing in 2001. Fannie had a major impact on teaching
her two sons, Richard and Ralph, excellence in the English
language. She also took a big role in helping to raise her
grandchildren. Fannie also worked as a secretary with 30
engineers at National Radio. She and her husband Frank were
very active together throughout her life, and in her spare time
she enjoyed playing card games like Whist.
Fannie is
survived by her two sons, Richard N. and his wife Barbara of
Eastham, MA, and Ralph S. and his wife Susan of Choctaw, OK, her
grandsons, Andrew F. and his wife Kathleen T. of Lexington, MA,
Thomas M. and his wife Audrey of Andover, MA, Michael N. and his
wife Bethan of Westford, MA, Peter R. and Daniel J., both of
Choctaw,OK, and her step-grandsons, Scott R. Bergman and his
wife Alison of Hyde Park, VT, Stephen R. Bergman D.O., of
Kirksville, MO., her great-grandchildren, Sarah and Lauren of
Westford, MA, Rachel and Nicole of Andover, MA, and great
step-grandson, Peter Bergman of VT. She is also survived by her
sister Lillian Swanstrom and her husband Herbert of Arlington,
brother Harold Thompson and his wife Nan of Medford. She is
preceded in death by her brother Norman Thompson and his wife
Elsie, her sister Mildred House and her husband Harold, her
brother Lester Thompson and his wife Elinor, her sister Audrey
Arseneault and her husband John.
A memorial service will be held at United
Methodist Church,
87 Church Street
Wilmington, on Wed, May 26th, at
11AM. In lieu of flowers, donations in Fannie’s memory may be
made to the Perkins School for the Blind,
175
North
Beacon Street Watertown, MA 02472.
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