Mary Ellen (Cain) Piccini was born on September 7, 1894 in Quincy, Massachusetts to Patrick and Mary (Fleming) Cain. At the age of 12, she went to work in a shoe factory in South Braintree, where she sewed arches into shoes. Every day she walked from her home in West Quincy to the factory.
She married Raymond E. Piccini and they raised four children together in Quincy. During the lean days of the Depression after Mary packed her children off to school, she would take a burlap sack and walk along the railroad tracks to gather chunks of coal that fell from passing trains.
Mary Ellen worked for the Tubular Rivet Co. in North Quincy and retired many years ago. She then worked as a housekeeper and a nanny for many years. She left Quincy and lived in Hingham before moving to Weymouth.
On her 85th birthday she went camping at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham and, on her 95th birthday, she went to Atlantic City to try her hand at gambling.
Mary Ellen, whom most people call “Nana” lived to be 101, before dying at the Mediplex Nursing Home on May 15, 1996. She is survived by two daughters, 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 7 great-great grandchildren.
She married Raymond E. Piccini and they raised four children together in Quincy. During the lean days of the Depression after Mary packed her children off to school, she would take a burlap sack and walk along the railroad tracks to gather chunks of coal that fell from passing trains.
Mary Ellen worked for the Tubular Rivet Co. in North Quincy and retired many years ago. She then worked as a housekeeper and a nanny for many years. She left Quincy and lived in Hingham before moving to Weymouth.
On her 85th birthday she went camping at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham and, on her 95th birthday, she went to Atlantic City to try her hand at gambling.
Mary Ellen, whom most people call “Nana” lived to be 101, before dying at the Mediplex Nursing Home on May 15, 1996. She is survived by two daughters, 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 7 great-great grandchildren.
Mary Ellen (Cain) Piccini was born on September 7, 1894 in Quincy, Massachusetts to Patrick and Mary (Fleming) Cain. At the age of 12, she went to work in a shoe factory in South Braintree, where she sewed arches into shoes. Every day she walked from her home in West Quincy to the factory.
She married Raymond E. Piccini and they raised four children together in Quincy. During the lean days of the Depression after Mary packed her children off to school, she would take a burlap sack and walk along the railroad tracks to gather chunks of coal that fell from passing trains.
Mary Ellen worked for the Tubular Rivet Co. in North Quincy and retired many years ago. She then worked as a housekeeper and a nanny for many years. She left Quincy and lived in Hingham before moving to Weymouth.
On her 85th birthday she went camping at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham and, on her 95th birthday, she went to Atlantic City to try her hand at gambling.
Mary Ellen, whom most people call “Nana” lived to be 101, before dying at the Mediplex Nursing Home on May 15, 1996. She is survived by two daughters, 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 7 great-great grandchildren.
She married Raymond E. Piccini and they raised four children together in Quincy. During the lean days of the Depression after Mary packed her children off to school, she would take a burlap sack and walk along the railroad tracks to gather chunks of coal that fell from passing trains.
Mary Ellen worked for the Tubular Rivet Co. in North Quincy and retired many years ago. She then worked as a housekeeper and a nanny for many years. She left Quincy and lived in Hingham before moving to Weymouth.
On her 85th birthday she went camping at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham and, on her 95th birthday, she went to Atlantic City to try her hand at gambling.
Mary Ellen, whom most people call “Nana” lived to be 101, before dying at the Mediplex Nursing Home on May 15, 1996. She is survived by two daughters, 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 7 great-great grandchildren.
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