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- Wedding Announcement with photo's
Lowell Sun
Published Sunday, September 03, 1950 Lowell, Massachusetts
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Obituary:
Aileen L. Hoar: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Sun, The (Lowell, MA) - July 27, 2003
Deceased Name: Aileen L. Hoar
LOWELL Aileen L. (McKenna) Hoar, a longtime Lowell resident who had worked at several stores in the city, died Friday, July 25, at Lowell General Hospital. She was married to local attorney Frederick Hoar, with whom she would have celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary this year on Sept. 2.
She was born in Lowell, a daughter of the late Thomas A. and Leonora E. (Belanger) McKenna. She graduated from Lowell High School as well as Vesper George and the Modern School of Applied Art in Boston.
Mrs. Hoar worked in Boston as an illustrator and a display artist. She also worked at the Bon Marche Department Store, Cherry and Webb, and the Frank Archer TV Store, all in Lowell.
She was a communicant of St. Mary Church in Chelmsford and St. Margaret Church in Lowell. She was a member of the parish's Blessed Virgin Sodality, the Poor Clair's Guild, and also the Lowell Lawyers Wives Club.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Kathy Ann McDonald; and two grandchildren, Stephen McDonald and Leonora McDonald, all of Chelmsford.
She was also the sister of the late June McKenna of Attleboro and Walter T. McKenna of Westboro.
Her brother's obituary:
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - June 12, 2000
Deceased Name: WALTER T. MCKENNA, 67
WESTBORO -- Walter T. McKenna, 67, formerly of Cortland Drive, died Sunday, June 11, in the Hospice Residence, Worcester, after an illness.
He leaves his wife of 37 years, Patricia M. (Clancy) McKenna; two sons, Thomas A. McKenna of Long Island, N.Y., and Walter T. McKenna II of New Providence, N.J.; a sister, Aileen Hoar of Lowell; and four grandchildren. A son, Christopher T. McKenna, died in 1970; and a sister, June McKenna of Lowell, also died before him. He was born in Lowell, son of Thomas A. and Leonora E. (Belanger) McKenna, and lived in Westboro the past 35 years. He graduated from Lowell High School and attended Bryant College in Smithfield, R.I. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, serving as a staff sergeant.
Mr. McKenna was a district sales manager for American Tobacco Co. His territory was most of Massachusetts.
He was a member of St. Luke the Evangelist Church, where he was an usher and collector, of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9013, and of the John Boyle O'Reilly Council Knights of Columbus.
The funeral, with military honors, will be held Wednesday, June 14, from Britton-Summers Funeral Home, 4 Church St., with a Mass at 10:30 a.m. in St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 70 West Main St. Burial will be in St. Luke's Cemetery. Calling hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, in the funeral home. The Knights of Columbus will conduct their ritual at 7:30 p.m. during the calling hours. Flowers may be sent, or memorial donations made to VNA Care Hospice Inc., 120 Thomas St., Worcester, MA 01608.
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