Mary M. Pictour

WALTHAM Mrs. Mary M. (Kennedy) Pictour, of Waltham, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 90. Born in Belmont, a daughter of the late John J. and Mary (Colliton) Kennedy, Mary was a bookkeeper for many years at Guarantee-First Trust Company on Main Street in Waltham. Prior to working at the bank, she worked for several years at Grover Cronins Department Store on Moody Street. Mary was the wife of the late John H. Pictour; sister of the late Leo and John Kennedy; mother-in-law of the late James Melanson Sr., and grandmother of the late Lisa Lane and James Melanson Jr. She leaves her children, Janice E. Mclaughlin and her husband, Roy, of Venice, Fla., Mary Gail Lane and her husband, Joseph, Carol A. Melanson, and Mary Ellen Pictour, all of Waltham, and John W. Pictour and his fianc, Julie Gaudet, of Arlington; one sister, Elizabeth Hubbard of Waltham; nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, one great-great granddaughter, and many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 9 a.m., from The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main St. (Rte. 20), Waltham, followed by a funeral Mass in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of Saint Charles Borromeo Church, 51 Hall St., Waltham, at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Saint Marys Cemetery, Needham. Visiting hours will be held on Friday, Oct. 3, from 4 to 7 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to Greater Waltham Association for Retarded Citizens, 56 Chestnut St., Waltham, MA 02453. To offer condolences online, please visit www.joycefuneralhome.com.