Mary M. Ahearn

Of Framingham since 1944, died Saturday, August 25, 2007. Wife of the late Joseph Paul Ahearn who died in 1994. Born in Dorchester, raised in Roslindale, the daughter of the late John Stephen and Mary Frances (Hughes) Austin. Mother of Joseph P. of Savoy, IL, Gerald F. of Edison, NJ, John (Jack) S. of Walpole, Gregory T. of Framingham, Mark V. of Stoughton, Daniel L. of Middlebury, VT, Christopher J. of Longmeadow, Gerard W. of Bolton, Paul A. of Medway, Mary E. Saras of Hopedale, and Julie M. Scott of Holden. She is also survived by her 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral on Thursday, August 30, at 9 AM from the Norton Funeral Home, Inc., 53 Beech St. (Corner of Union Ave.) Framingham, followed by her funeral Mass at 10 AM in St. Stephen Church, 221 Concord St., Rt. 126, Framingham. Burial will follow in the family lot in St. Stephen Cemetery, Framingham. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be Wednesday from 4-8 PM. Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. Ahearn's memory may be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of MA, 1 Bullfinch Place 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02114. Graduate of the Girls Latin High School, Boston class of 1939. Member of various church and civic groups and the Mothers Guild of St. Stephen School and Marian High School in Framingham and a Boy Scout Den Mother. Worked as a Nurse's Aide at the former Middlesex Manor Nursing Home in Framingham for over 20 years.