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LEXINGTON, Mass. - Mary Wigglesworth McAdoo of Lexington, Mass. and Temple, died on Jun. 14 at her residence in Lexington, Mass. Born in Boston on Mar. 26, 1921, Mary was the beloved wife of Richard B. McAdoo; mother of Maisie McAdoo, Pamela McAdoo, and Julie McAdoo, of Temple; and grandmother of five. During WW II she worked for the US Army Intelligence Corps in Bermuda. After the war she lived in New York City and pursued studies in music. She and Richard were married in 1948. They lived in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. and then moved to Cambridge, Mass. in 1968. In Cambridge, Mass. Mary worked for Cambridge Hospice and chaired the board of the Kodály Musical Training Institute. She and Richard had a second home in Temple, where they spent many happy summers and weekends. They were members of the Congregational Church in Temple and especially enjoyed and supported Monadnock Music in its early years. Mary was a great lover of reading, writing, travel, children, and music; her warmth, humor, and generosity touched many lives. Her dedication to her extended family, to her husband of 67 years, and to good causes was exceptional, and she will be remembered with appreciation and much love.
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Dear Julie, Please accept my sympathies for your deep loss.
Marianne Graham
July 5, 2015
I worked with The Cambridge Visiting Nurse for years and met Mary there several times and will forever remember her as the classy smart looking lady with the STRONG BLUE EYES.
Years later I saw her in Concord walking with one of her daughters and had the chance to remind her how much she was admired by me and am Thankful for that...
May happy times keep you as Strong as she was as you live out her Legacy.
We never lose the ones we Love
So long as we Love the ones we Lose
Respectfuly
SUE GOULD
SUE GOULD
June 26, 2015
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