Below is an obituary from Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals:
Mary E. (Good) Starr died on Saturday, December 2nd at her home in Wakefield following a brief illness. She was 95 years old. Interment immediately followed in Forest Glade Cemetery, Wakefield.
Mary was born to her late parents James Good & Helen (Fleming) Good on May 29, 1928, in Cambridge. Mary was an alumna of Wilmington High School, Class of 1945. Mary furthered her education at Katherine Gibbs in Boston. She married her husband, John M. Starr in 1949, settled in Wakefield, and had six children. Mary proudly raised her children and instilled core values, love and principles in the home. She later returned to the workforce, where she became the secretary for the Chief of Police in Wakefield, and secretary for the Wakefield Town Clerk and DPW Departments, later retiring. Mary had a deep devotion to her faith and was a daily communicant and founding member of the Women’s Guild at Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Wakefield. Her faith was something that was most important to her. Her family grew, and she was blessed to have grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She is the beloved wife of the late John M. Starr. The loving mother of John Starr of Wakefield, Donna Fratto & her husband Robert of Raleigh, NC., Patricia Starr of Wakefield, Carol Willett & her husband Gregory of Wakefield, & the late Joseph Starr & Paul Starr. She is the cherished grandmother of Genessa Devine & husband Timothy, Cara Stephenson and husband Barnes, Lisa Boyles & husband Benjamin, Patrick Sullivan & wife Jennifer, Katherine Willett, Sean Willett, Joseph Starr, Michael Starr, & John Starr. She is the treasured great grandmother of Beatrice, Samuel, Miles, Ann Taylor, Frances, and Louise. The dear sister of John Good & his late wife Carol of Haverhill, and the late James Good & his surviving wife Jane Good of Wakefield. Also lovingly survived by many nieces, nephews’ grandnieces, and grandnephews.
Remembrances may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
The staff at Vertuccio Smith & Vazza Beechwood Home for Funerals are most honored to have assisted the family in completing funeral arrangements.
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