Mildred A. McCarthy

McCARTHY, Mildred A. 95, of Boston, died Wednesday morning at Youville Hospital in Cambridge, retired Mental Health Coordinator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Mental Health, Born in Lewiston, Maine, the daughter of the late Thomas and the late Sadie (Burke) McCarthy. She attended Lewiston Schools, a graduate of Lewiston, High School, and in 1935, graduated from Bates College in Lewiston with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. In 1940, Miss McCarthy received a Master of Science in Social Work from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA. In 1952, she received a Certificate in Advanced Studies from Smith College in Northampton, MA. In addition to her years with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Mental Health, she was the director of Social Services with the Faulkner Hospital in Boston and also the Chief Clinical Social Worker with the James Jackson Putnam Children's Center. Miss McCarthy is survived by three nieces Atty. Kathleen F. McCarthy of Lowell, Sarah A. Brand and her husband Robert of Marietta, GA and Martha M. McCarthy of Springfield; three nephews Thomas P. McCarthy and his wife Carol of Walpole, MA, Peter R. McCarthy of Springfield and Sean P. McCarthy and his wife Meg of Natick; eight grandnieces and grandnephews. She was the sister of the late Dr. Thomas F. McCarthy. Committal Services will be held at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lewiston, ME. In lieu of flowers, kindly make memorial contributions to Youville Hospital, 1575 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. Arrangements by the O'Donnell Funeral Home, LOWELL, MA (978 or 866) 458-8768.