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Nancy Arone

Female 1952 - 2012  (60 years)


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  • Name Nancy Arone 
    Born 1952 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 73DECFC8436D244A91DE231E0A4AF1B0AB1B 
    Died 20 Jun 2012  Southborough, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: cancer 
    Buried 23 Jun 2012  Hopedale Village Cemetery, Hopedale, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Boston Globe, June 22, 2012
      Nancy Arone Bassett (Picture included)

      BASSETT, Nancy Arone Of Southborough, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2012 surrounded by family. Nancy is survived by Ted, her husband of 31 years, three children - Andrew Bassett and his wife Elizabeth of Chicago, IL, Allison Bassett of Brookline, and Christopher Bassett of Southborough, her father Dr. Vincent J. Arone of Hopedale, her siblings - Justine Milberg and her husband John of Bainbridge Island, WA, Cynthia Young and her husband Peter of Medway, and Vincent J. Arone Jr and his wife Nancy of Hopedale. She was predeceased by her mother Marie P.(Leone) Arone and her sister Jane Antonellis. The beloved mother of three battled a rare form of cancer for two-and-a-half years prior to her death. Nancy was born in 1952 and grew up in Watertown and Hopedale. She was the salutatorian of her high school class at Hopedale High School, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston College, and attained her master's degree in educational psychology at the University of Virginia. Nancy spent years as a counselor at both Simmons College and Boston College. More recently, she was a reading specialist at the Trottier Middle School in Southborough. She enjoyed tennis, spending the summer at Scraggy Neck Cape Cod, taking long walks with her friends and being a member of several book clubs. Nancy, Ted, their children and their dog Abby live in Southborough, where they lived for nearly thirty years. More than anything, Nancy enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, whose relationships she cultivated and cherished until she passed. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday June 23, 2012 at 12 noon in the Sacred Heart Church, 187 Hopedale Street, Hopedale 01747. Burial will follow in the Hopedale Village Cemetery, Hopedale. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Nancy's memory to the Lung Cancer Fund, c/o Mass General Hospital Development Office, 165 Cambridge St., Suite 600, Boston, MA 02191. Funeral arrangement are under the direction of the Buma Funeral Home - UXBRIDGE,508-278-2755. www.bumafuneralhome.com <http://www.bumafuneralhome.com/>.
    Person ID I27  278B Gifford Bassett of Massachusetts
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2013 

    Father Dr. Vincent J. Arone 
    Mother Marie P. (Leone) Arone 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Andrew Caldwell Bassett
     2. Allison Bassett
     3. Christopher Bassett
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart