Mary Marcoccio Franklin (1926 - 2016)

Aunt Mary Marcoccio Franklin passed away on Dec. 23rd. She was the loving wife of the late Lawrence Clinton Franklin, Sr., who was my dad's brother.  

Pictured at right from the 1990's 

Pictured below from 1957 

From her OBIT on legacy.com:

Mary M Franklin,  90, of North Kingstown, formerly of Warwick, died Friday December 23, 2016.  She was the beloved wife of the late Lawrence C. Franklin, Sr. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Eleuterio and Theresa (Consola) Marcoccio. Mary was employed at Elmwood Sensors until her retirement in 1991.

Mary is survived by her loving children: 
John E. Franklin of No. Kingstown, 
Lawrence C. Franklin, Jr. (Barbara) of Scituate and Wayne C. Franklin of Warwick; 
a sister: Angela Denocour of FL; 
8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was the mother of the late Arlene Marques and sister of the late Elise Tafficante, Louise Tella, Anna Ahern, Jennie Dail and Louis, Joseph and Andrew Marcoccio.

Her funeral will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 at 7:45 AM from THE URQUHART-MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, 800 Greenwich Ave., Warwick followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 AM in St. Bernard Church, 275 Tower Hill Road, No. Kingstown. Visiting hours on Tuesday from 4 – 7 PM. Burial in Highland Memorial Park. - 

Letter from my grandmother dated July 22, 1969

As I mentioned in my previous post, my mom found this letter written to me by my grandmother Rice in July of 1969. 

It brings back lots of memories of my Mamaw Rice (Ethel Mae Allen Rice). She spent a few months in TN with my Aunt Louise's family when she was sick with cancer. 

I can't remember for sure, but I think I wrote her a letter and she was responding.  She was living with us when she passed away in our living room in 1970.  We tend to remember the way things were right before someone passes away, so it was nice to read this again and rekindle the good memories.  (Click each page to enlarge)