A funeral Mass for Mrs. Frances (McClelland) MacDonald, believed to be the country's first woman American Legion post commander, will be said Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Patrick's Manor, Framingham.
Mrs. MacDonald, 82, long a resident of Brighton, will be buried Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery. She died yesterday at St. Patrick's Manor after a long illness.
In the 1940s, Mrs. MacDonald was commander of the Brighton American Legion Post No. 17. She was thought to be the first woman in the country to head a Legion post. She was also a former president of the auxiliary of the same post. Most recently she was a member of the American Legion Post No. 44, Roxbury.
During World War I, Mrs. MacDonald was a yeoman, serving in a Navy administrative post in Boston. She belonged to the Boston branch of the Yeoman.
She leaves two daughters, Frances Anderson of Denver and Jeanne Wissler of Medfield; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Boston Globe, The (MA) - September 22, 1980
Mrs. MacDonald, 82, long a resident of Brighton, will be buried Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery. She died yesterday at St. Patrick's Manor after a long illness.
In the 1940s, Mrs. MacDonald was commander of the Brighton American Legion Post No. 17. She was thought to be the first woman in the country to head a Legion post. She was also a former president of the auxiliary of the same post. Most recently she was a member of the American Legion Post No. 44, Roxbury.
During World War I, Mrs. MacDonald was a yeoman, serving in a Navy administrative post in Boston. She belonged to the Boston branch of the Yeoman.
She leaves two daughters, Frances Anderson of Denver and Jeanne Wissler of Medfield; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Boston Globe, The (MA) - September 22, 1980
A funeral Mass for Mrs. Frances (McClelland) MacDonald, believed to be the country's first woman American Legion post commander, will be said Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Patrick's Manor, Framingham.
Mrs. MacDonald, 82, long a resident of Brighton, will be buried Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery. She died yesterday at St. Patrick's Manor after a long illness.
In the 1940s, Mrs. MacDonald was commander of the Brighton American Legion Post No. 17. She was thought to be the first woman in the country to head a Legion post. She was also a former president of the auxiliary of the same post. Most recently she was a member of the American Legion Post No. 44, Roxbury.
During World War I, Mrs. MacDonald was a yeoman, serving in a Navy administrative post in Boston. She belonged to the Boston branch of the Yeoman.
She leaves two daughters, Frances Anderson of Denver and Jeanne Wissler of Medfield; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Boston Globe, The (MA) - September 22, 1980
Mrs. MacDonald, 82, long a resident of Brighton, will be buried Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery. She died yesterday at St. Patrick's Manor after a long illness.
In the 1940s, Mrs. MacDonald was commander of the Brighton American Legion Post No. 17. She was thought to be the first woman in the country to head a Legion post. She was also a former president of the auxiliary of the same post. Most recently she was a member of the American Legion Post No. 44, Roxbury.
During World War I, Mrs. MacDonald was a yeoman, serving in a Navy administrative post in Boston. She belonged to the Boston branch of the Yeoman.
She leaves two daughters, Frances Anderson of Denver and Jeanne Wissler of Medfield; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Boston Globe, The (MA) - September 22, 1980
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