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Blanche <I>Jurga</I> Burrill

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Blanche Jurga Burrill

Birth
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
19 May 2006 (aged 85)
Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 5, Lot 47, Grave 2
Memorial ID
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Wife of Ralph C. Burrill, to whom she was married for 64 years. Daughter of the late Michael and Petronella (Wasilewska) Jurga. She was raised in Shirley, and graduated from Ayer High School in 1937, and was class valedictorian.

Before retiring in 1975, shel was the secretary to the superintendent for more than 30 years at the Shirley Industrial School for Boys. The school became a Massachusetts Correctional Facility. Previously, she worked at the George Frost Co. in Shirley.

She was a parishioner of St. Anne's Parish in Littleton. She enjoyed spending time with her family. She also enjoyed crossword puzzles and playing bingo.

Besides her husband, she is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Nancy C. and William Farnsworth; two loving granddaughters and their husbands, Cynthia and Mark Mignini, and Cathleen and John Wimsatt; six adoring great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Sophie Day of Shirley, and Helen Briggs of Onset.

She was also the sister of the late Joseph Jurga, Mary Arnold and Nell Burrill.

Published in Lowell Sun on May 21, 2006
Wife of Ralph C. Burrill, to whom she was married for 64 years. Daughter of the late Michael and Petronella (Wasilewska) Jurga. She was raised in Shirley, and graduated from Ayer High School in 1937, and was class valedictorian.

Before retiring in 1975, shel was the secretary to the superintendent for more than 30 years at the Shirley Industrial School for Boys. The school became a Massachusetts Correctional Facility. Previously, she worked at the George Frost Co. in Shirley.

She was a parishioner of St. Anne's Parish in Littleton. She enjoyed spending time with her family. She also enjoyed crossword puzzles and playing bingo.

Besides her husband, she is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Nancy C. and William Farnsworth; two loving granddaughters and their husbands, Cynthia and Mark Mignini, and Cathleen and John Wimsatt; six adoring great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Sophie Day of Shirley, and Helen Briggs of Onset.

She was also the sister of the late Joseph Jurga, Mary Arnold and Nell Burrill.

Published in Lowell Sun on May 21, 2006


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  • Created by: Denise
  • Added: Mar 2, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25006250/blanche-burrill: accessed ), memorial page for Blanche Jurga Burrill (14 Feb 1921–19 May 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25006250, citing Westlawn Cemetery, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).