John F. Carroll Jr.

John F. Carroll Jr., a lifelong resident of Canton, died peacefully August 14, 2014. He was 89 years old. Born in Canton, John attended Canton elementary schools and graduated from Mission Church High School in Roxbury. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and Korea. John was a member of the American Legion Post 24 in Canton. He worked for AT & T for over 30 years and after retirement started his own telephone service business Jacks Contracting in Canton. He was the devoted husband of the late Rose M. (Fahey); loving father of John Carroll and his late wife Andrea of Wis., Robert Carroll and his wife Kathleen of Canton, Thomas Carroll and his wife Roberta of Brockton, William Carroll of Canton, and James Carroll and his wife Sue of W.Va.; brother of the late Eleanor James, Mary Ronan, Sister Caroline Carroll, Elizabeth Cash; proud grandfather of 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Monday, August 18, 2014, in St. John the Evangelist Church, Washington St., Canton, at 10:30 a.m. Visiting hours were in the Pushard Family Funeral Home, 210 Sherman St., Canton, Sunday from 2-6 p.m. Interment in St. Marys Cemetery, Canton. Pushard Family Funeral Home www.Roache-Pushard.com 781-828-2929