Brouthers, of Milford, February 6, 2003, Marvis Emerson Packard Brouthers, 84 years. Wife of the late Joseph D. Brouthers. Mother of Joseph Brouthers of Friendship, ME, Robert Brouthers and his wife Barbara of Harwich, Marvis Zeoli and her husband Dennis of Milford and Janet Brouthers Proper of Northbough. Grandmother of Robert and Brian Brouthers, Jennifer and Jackie Zeoli and Kaylyn proper. Great grandmother of Alexis Cabral.
Funeral Service in the J. Frank Conley Funeral Home, 138 Belmont Street (Rte 123) Brockton, Tuesday at 12 noon. Visitation Tuesday 11am-12 noon. Burial in Melrose Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations in her memory may be made to Helping Hands of the Geriatric Authority of Milford, 1 Countryside Drive, Milford, MA 01757.
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Marvis Emerson Packard Brouthers, 84 died Thursday, February 6, 2003 after a long illness at The Geriatric Authority of Milford where she had been a resident for 6 years. She was the wife of the late Joseph D Brouthers for 49 years. Born in Brockton she was the daughter of Earle and Sylvia Packard. She graduated in 1942 from Quincy City Hospital School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse. For several years she worked as a Nurse at Quincy City Hospital in the nursery. She lived in Brockton until 1976 then retired to the Cape. She had many talents and interests among them furniture refinishing, cake decorating and sewing. She was a gifted china painter and gardener. At one time she had a formal rose garden with over one hundred varieties of roses. She had a gift for the arts and a keen interest in ancient history and current events.
She was the mother of Joseph Brouthers of Friendship, ME, Robert and his wife Barbara of Harwich, MA Marvis Zeoli and her husband Dennis of Milford, MA Janet Brouthers Proper of Northbough, MA. Grandmother to Robert and Brian Brouthers of Hyannis, MA Jennifer and Jackie Zeoli of Milford, MA and Kaylyn of Northboro, MA Great-grandmother to Alexis Cabral.In lieu of flowers donations in her memory may be made to Helping Hands of the Geriatric Authority of Milford 1 Countryside Drive Milford, MA 01757