MARJORIE (PAUL) BLATCHFORD, A Hingham resident for the past 42 years, passed away on Monday, Dec. 14th, 2009 at the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. She was 79. Mrs. Blatchford was born in Dorchester and was raised and educated in Milton, graduating from Milton High School. She worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company during her early life and in recent years cared for her grandchildren at her Hingham home. Mrs. Blatchford followed the Boston sports teams and was a particular fan of Bobby Orr and Ted Williams.
She was the mother of Deborah A. DeMontigny and her husband Gregg; and David A. Blatchford and his friend Jane all of Hingham. Sister of David Paul of Milton, Louise Lipton of Minnesota and the late Alonzo Paul, Grace Paul, Lorena Webster and Mildred Coggeshall. Grandmother of Jennifer Tedeschi and her husband Eric of Rockland, Jonathan DeMontigny and his wife Kim of Hingham and Kristin DeMontigny and her friend Mark of Abington. Great Grandmother of Jimmy Tedeschi and Caroline DeMontigny.
A Funeral Service will be conducted on Wednesday evening at 7 PM at the Downing Cottage Funeral Chapel, 21 Pond St., Hingham. Friends may visit at the Downing Chapel prior to the service from 4-7 PM.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.
The Interment is to be private