Phoebe D. Hallquist

East Bridgewater Phoebe D. (Shea) (Smith) Hallquist, 91, of East Bridgewater, died Thursday, June 12, in the Life Care Center in West Bridgewater, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late John Henry Smith, and for 50 years, the late Francis Hallquist. Phoebe was born in New York, she was a daughter of the late William H. and Phoebe A. (Dodge) Shea. She grew up in Holbrook and was a graduate of Holbrook High School, Class of 1934. She had been a resident of East Bridgewater and a member of the St. Johns Church for 60 years, also a member of the Massachusetts Catholic Women Guild, the East Bridgewater Garden Club, Visiting Nurse Assoc., Womens Club and the Old Colony Power Squadron Auxiliary Club. During World War II, she worked as a machinist at the Boston Gear Works in Quincy, she was also a psychiatric nurse in a Boston hospital and before retirement she worked in the East Bridgewater Pharmacy as a clerk. She is survived by her two daughters, Joan Elizabeth (Smith) (Hallquist) Sheeran of Vermont and Barbara Ann (Hallquist) Allen of East Bridgewater; her grandchildren, Julie Regimbal of Vermont, Jessica Gammons of Abington; her great-grandchildren, Elizabeth and Richard Regimbal and Henry Colby; her sister, Barbara (Shea) (Kinnard) Boertje of California; a special niece, Evelyn Sprague; and many other nieces and nephews. She was also the sister of the late Evelyn (Shea) Sprague. Her services will be held Monday, June 16, at 9:15 a.m. from the Blanchard Funeral Chapel, Plymouth Street (Rte. 58 at the rotary circle), Whitman, followed by a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Johns Church in East Bridgewater. Burial will be in the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne at 12:45 p.m. Visitation will be held Sunday, June 15, from 4-8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Old Colony Hospice, One Credit Union Way, Randolph, MA 02368, or to the East Bridgewater Public Health Nursing Assoc., c/o Board of Health, 175 Central St., East Bridgewater, MA 02333. For online condolences and directions, visit www.blanchardfc.com.