Wed, 15 Mar 2006
Obituary:
Edna Myrtle (Spurr) MacLea, aged 85 years, born 18 January 1920, died in Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 5 December 2005, as a result of an accident in Berkley, Massachusetts, on Saturday, 3 December 2005.
Born in Boston, daughter of the late William Cowie Spurr and Mabel Evelyn (Black) Spurr. She was educated in Boston and Canton schools. She was employed for over 25 years as a Stitcher of Stride-Rite Shoe Company. She enjoyed wintering in Florida and especially spending time with her family and friends.
She was the widow of Robert Gordon MacLea and mother of Donald Bruce MacLea of Quincy and Robert Douglas MacLea and his wife Lorraine of Auburn, sister-in-law of Janet DiGangi of Randolph, Julia McLea of Berkley, and Roberta McLea of Plymouth; grandmother of Robert G. MacLea and his wife Terese, Todd M. Silvia, Kyle S. MacLea and his wife Holly, Jennifer L. MacLea; great-grandmother of Patrick D. MacLea; also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service was held in the Berkley Congregational Church on Saturday, 10 December 2005 at ten in the morning. Interment was at Cedar Knoll Cemetery, 175 Staples Street, East Taunton. Calling hours were on Thursday, 8 December 2005 from 4 to 8 in the evening in the Crapo-Hathaway Funeral Home, 350 Somerset Ave. (Route 138 South), Taunton.
As modified from the other published obituaries and attested by her grandson, Kyle S. MacLea. All towns listed are in Massachusetts, USA.