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Eleanor Thoresen Obituary

Of Needham, August 7, 2008. Beloved wife of the late Philip B. Thoresen. Loving mother of Andrew N. Thoresen of Needham, Jan Turner and her husband Jesse of The Villages, FL and Wendy A. Thoresen and her husband Horace H. Beaven Jr. of Lafayette, CO. Dear grandmother of Erik and Scott Turner and Austin and Amy Beaven. Sister of the late Frederick and Edward Jackson. Funeral services at the Eaton Funeral Home, 1351 Highland Ave., NEEDHAM, on Tuesday, August 12th at 1:00 PM. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Interment will take place in Swan Point Cemetery in Providence. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Alzheimers Assoc., Mass Chapter, 311 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02472. For directions, obit or to send a note of condolence www.eatonfuneralhomes.com Eaton Funeral Home 1-781-444-0201

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Published by Boston Globe on Aug. 10, 2008.

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