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Margaret Frances (Carr) Shea
November 28, 2018

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FRAMINGHAM: Margaret Frances (Carr) Shea, 90, died peacefully and comfortably on Wednesday morning November 28, 2018 at Metrowest Medical Center following a brief period of declining health.
She was born in Boston on October 1, 1928 the daughter of the late James F. Carr and Mary (O’Malley) Carr.
She was the beloved wife of the late Emmett A. Shea who died on February 10, 2018. Devoted mother of Carolyn A. Shea-Morrone of Ashland. Cherished grandmother of Kellie A. Morrone and James C. Morrone, Jr both of Ashland. Sister of James F. Carr of Brighton; John D. Carr and his wife Patricia Carr of Sudbury; Robert E. Carr and his wife Joan and Virginia R. Jordan of Arlington. Also survived by several nieces and nephews that she was especially close to. Sister of the late Mary B. Carr and Anne C. Masisak.
Margaret has been a resident of Framingham for over 50 years and previously resided in Natick. She spent her formative years in Brighton and graduated from Brighton High School.
She received her BA from Radcliffe College and Middlebury College. She also received her Masters in Education from Boston University.
For many years, Margaret was a Freelance Book Editor associated with Allyn and Bacon Publishers of Boston. She was a member of the Radcliffe Club of Boston and the Harvard Faculty Club. She was a longtime and active communicant of St. George Church in Framingham.
Visitations will be held on Monday, December 3, 2018 from 9:30 until 10:30 am at the John C. Bryant Funeral Home, 56 Pemberton Road (off Rte. 30), Wayland.
Her Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, December 3, 2018 at 11:00 am St. George Church, 74 School Street, Framingham.
Private interment will be held in the Carr family lot in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain.
In lieu of flowers, her family kindly suggests that memorial gifts in Margaret’s memory be sent to American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St, Framingham, MA 01701 or the American Heart Assoc., 300 5th Avenue, Ste. 6, Waltham, MA 02451.

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John C. Bryant Funeral Home
56 Pemberton Road
Wayland, MA 01778
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