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Ethel Bixby Obituary

BIXBY, Ethel D. (Butt) Of Everett, September 23, 2008, at 83 years. Beloved wife of the late Raymond K. Bixby. Loving sister of the late George Butt. Loving aunt of Barbara Barbieri and her husband Dominic of Andover. Cherished great aunt of Felicity Turmenne, Theresa Erwin, and Lauren Barbieri all of Haverhill. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend a funeral at the J.F. Ward Funeral Home, 772 Broadway, Everett, on Monday, Sept. 29th., at 10 AM. Visiting hours Sunday from 4-8 PM. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Ethel was a retired longtime office manager for John Hancock Insurance Co. In her memory donations may be made to Scleroderma Foundation, 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 105, Danvers, MA 01923 or to the charity of your choice. For directions and online guest book visit jfwardfuneralhome.com J.F. Ward Funeral Home 617 387-3367

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Published by Boston Globe on Sep. 27, 2008.

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Wesley Leary

October 13, 2008

I JUST WANT TO SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO ETHEL, I WAS VERY CLOSE TO HER SHE WAS LIKE A GRANDMOTHER TO ME FOR MANY YEARS. MY FATHER DAVE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY SO HE IS UP THERE WITH HER. I LOVED ETHEL AND SHE IS IN MY PRAYERS.

Linda and David Erwin

September 27, 2008

Dear Barbara, Dom and family,
We send our prayers, love, and sympathy in your loss of Aunt Ethel.
God bless you for your care for her
as she waited to go home to God.

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