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Marie Truran Obituary

Marie Truran passed away Saturday, July 29, 2023 at the age of 106.

She was born September 27, 1916 in Queens, New York to Henry S. and Elizabeth Lott Sr. In 1936 she married Herman Engstrom, and had 2 children before moving to Chatham in 1944 buying a farm. After his death, she married in 1965 a farmer, Albert Deinlein in Richmond Massachusetts and considered that her home for the rest of her life.

After her marriage to Paul Truran in 1990, she became a snowbird spending winters in Englewood, Florida. She did title searches for Harold Hall , was a 4-H leader of the In-Between 4-H Club. Master and held other offices of the A Austerlitz Grange and in the West Stockbridge and Stockbridge Granges. She was a member of the St. Peter's Presbyterian Church in Spencertown and it's Tower Club, and the Congregational Church in Richmond and it's Friendly Circle. In Florida, she joined the Lemon Bay Woman's Club where she enjoyed helping sew quilts. She enjoyed participating in Plays and Skits and doing monologues.

Besides her three husbands, she was pre-deceased by her brother Henry S. Lott Jr., Daughter Betty Ann Engstrom and stepson Bruce Deinlein. She is survived by a daughter Beth -Marie Meehan and stepdaughter-in-Law Bernice (Tom) Dawson, Grandchildren Robert Meehan Jr., Betsy (Wesly) Dexheimer, Travis (Mykayla) Butch and several Great-grandchildren.

Inurnment will be in the Center Cemetery in Richmond Ma. For on-line condolences, visit wenkfuneralhome.com

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Published by Sun Newspapers from Aug. 5 to Aug. 4, 2023.

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