Patricia M. Reid
.. Retired Supervisor for Nabisco; 80
WILMINGTON - Patricia M. (Blaine) Reid, age 80, who was well known throughout the
Tewksbury-Wilmington area for her Bingo skills, died Friday evening, May 26, at the Winchester
Hospital after a courageous two year battle with emphysema.
She was born in Stoneham, on June 10, 1925, a daughter of the late John and Joseline (Gaudet)
Blaine, and raised in Medford. She attended Medford schools, and graduated from Medford High
School. Throughout her life, she fondly recalled her high school years, especially her participation
in sports as captain of the Women’s Basketball team and also as a cheerleader.
She lived in Tewksbury and Somerville the greater part of her life before moving to Wilmington
twenty years ago.
She worked her way to the position of floor supervisor for the National Biscuit Company or
NABISCO in Cambridge before her retirement, after thirty years of service. She later worked as
a cashier at Heartland, Purity, and Stop and Shop grocery stores in the Tewksbury and Woburn
area.
She was active in the Tewksbury-Wilmington area Bingo games, and was frequently excited
about her planned trips to Foxwoods or LasVegas.
She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Donna DeArville of Wakefield, Patricia
Dervishian and her husband John of Wilmington; a sister and brother-in-law, Julie Bonner and her
husband Robert of Malden; three grandchildren, Lisa Gardner and her husband Norman of
Bradford, Raymond DeArville of Wakefield, Michelle Dervishian and her Fiancé Andrew O’Brien
of Lowell; two great granddaughters, Michaela O’Brien and Lacey Gardner; and many nieces and
nephews.
She was also sister of the late Bertha Emerson and Napoleon Blaine.
Funeral Mass was held Thursday, June 1, in St. William’s Church, Tewksbury. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Winchester. Memorials to the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50,
Memphis, TN 38101-9929 will be appreciated.