Northborough,Phyllis M.Sugrue,85,died peacefully on Friday,July 24,2009 after a brief illness.
She was born September 19,1923 in Worcester,MA. the daughter of the late Arthur G. and Adrienne M.Plante.
Phyllis was a 1941 graduate of South High School,in Worcester,MA. and Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg,VA.
She lived in Needham,MA. most of her life where she raised four children before moving to Hampton,NH in 1987 and Dover,NH. in 1999 for her retirement years.
She retired from the Needham School System where she served for more than 18 years as Secretary to the Elementary School Libraries and as Senior Secretary to the Director of Reading. She also worked for the telephone company in Worcester,MA and Washington,DC.
She was a devoted mother and grandmother.
She is prededed in death by her husband of 50 years,William J.Sugrue,Sr. and her sister Jean McCullough.
She is survived by two sons,John A. Sugrue and his wife Noemi,of Brookline,MA.,and William J."Chip"Sugrue,Jr. and his wife Lois of Charlton.MA.;Two daughters,Marie A. Sugrue and her partner,Anne Spicer of Groton,Ct.,and Renee C.Sugrue of Minneapolis,MN.;three gandchildren,Melissa L.Sugrue of Charlton,Adriana Y.Sugrue of Boulder,CO., and Gabriel Sugrue of Brookline,MA.;one niece,Carol Kangas and one nephew,David Olson.
A Funeral Mass will be Thursday,July 30,2009 at 10 AM in St.Joseph's Church,10 H-Putnam Rd.,in Charlton.Burial will follow in Notre Dame Cemetery in Worcester.
There will be a visitation period on Thursday from 8:30 AM to 9:45AM at the Robert J.Miller-Charlton Funeral Home,175 Old Worcester Rd.,in Charlton,MA.
Memorials in Phyllis' honor may be made to Whitney Place Activities Fund, Whitney Place 238 West Main St.,Northborough,MA. 01532.
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