THELMA D. (SIMONTON) HATCH of Hanover, formerly of Hingham, died on Thursday, Sept. 14th at the Norwell Knoll Nursing Home in Norwell. She was 98. She was born in Naperville, Illinois and was raised and educated in Springfield, Illinois. Mrs. Hatch lived in North Dakota, Alabama and Maine before coming to Hingham in 1943 where she resided until moving to the Cushing Senior Housing Center in Hanover 21 years ago. She was a cook for many years and worked at a number of restaurants and nursing homes on the South Shore.
Wife of the late Edward Hatch, she leaves her two daughters; Pauline H. Whiting of Hingham and Rosemary L. Alley of Jonesport, Maine; 7 grand- children and 6 great grandchildren.
Funeral Services Monday, September 25th at 11 AM at the Downing Cottage Funeral Chapel, 21 Pond St., Hingham.
Friends may visit at the Downing Chapel prior to the service on Monday from 10 - 11 AM.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.
The interment is to be private.