Barbara H. MacCaffrie, 91
Dateline: Norton, MA
Barbara H. (Yeaton) MacCaffrie, age 91, of Norton passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton, after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of the late John K. MacCaffrie.
Born in Brockton, MA on October 22, 1921, she was a loving daughter of the late Perley E. and Helen B. (Cobb) MacCaffrie. She was raised in Brockton and was graduate of the Brockton High School class of 1939.
A resident of Norton since 1954, Barbara had over 40 years of service to the town of Norton in various town offices. She served on the Board of Registrars, Planning Board and Board of Assessors, being full-time assistant assessor when she retired in 1989. Mrs. MacCaffrie had also served as a former special police officer in Norton for many years.
She was a Massachusetts accredited assessor and served as Norton’s representative and the first woman to serve on the South Eastern Regional Planning & Economic Development. S.E.R.P.E.D.
Along with her late husband John, Mrs. MacCaffrie was active in the Norton Lions Club. She was the first woman sanctioned by Lions International to serve as the district cabinet Secretary/Treasurer when she finished out her husband’s term following his death in 1976.
She is survived by her devoted son,; Kevin T. MacCaffrie and his wife Mary of Bristol, NH and was the mother of the late Steven W. MacCaffrie. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law Rosalie MacCaffrie, her dear sister Phyllys Billadeau of Brockton, her cherished 5 grandchildren; Randal, Kelly, Michelle, Shauna and Heather, her adoring 4 great grandchildren; Isabella, Lila. Michael Dean and Nathan, her loving niece; Sharron and loving nephews William and Wayne.
A memorial service, to which relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend, will be held on Saturday, March 9th at 2:00 P.M. at the Norton Memorial Funeral Home, 19 Clapp St. (Off Route 140, Taunton Ave.) Norton. Burial will be held privately at a later date in Coweeset Cemetery in Brockton.
A reception will follow on Saturday afternoon at a place to be announced at the conclusion of the memorial services.
In lieu of flowers, Barbara’s request was to have donations in her memory made to the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 6050, New Bedford, MA 02742. Attention: William “Bill” Murphy.
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