Laurie "Ruth" McCarthy, Jr.

Laurie "Ruth" McCarthy, Jr.

Laurie "Ruth" (Likely) McCarthy, Jr., 80, retired bookkeeper and longtime resident of Malden, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose, Massachusetts. Ruth was born in 1930 in Newton, the daughter of John and Helen Likely. She was raised in Newton and graduated from Newton High with the class of 1948. After high school, she began working as a bookkeeper for Sears. In Sept of 1959, she and John J. McCarthy Jr. Were married. They then moved to Malden to raise their family. Ruth and John shared 46 years together until Johns passing in 2005. After moving to Malden she began working for the tool manufacturing company, H.K. Porters, as a bookkeeper. She worked there until 1990 when she retired.

She is survived by her daughter, Joanne McCarthy of Malden, her sons, John D. and wife Debbie McCarthy of Londonderry, NH, and Thomas and wife Kelly McCarthy of Stoneham, her sisters, Irene Likely of Waltham, and Dorothy Fiegbig of Melrose, and her grandchildren, John and Allyson of NH, Paul, Shannon, and Christopher of Andover, and Tyler of Stoneham.

Ruth was preceded in death by her husband John J. McCarthy Jr, her son Paul McCarthy, her daughter, Laurie A. McCarthy, her parents, John and Eleanor "Helen"(Inman) Likely, and her brother, John Likely.

Visitation will be at Weir - MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street, Malden, on Monday, June 20th, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 21, from the funeral home at 11AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Josephs Church, 770 Salem Street, Malden, at 12Noon. Interment to follow in Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden

Donations in Ruth's memory may be made to:Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168 Boston, MA 02284-9168

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