Carlyn V. Cox Obituary (1935

Carlyn V. (Rush) Cox of Littleton, MA died Friday morning, June 1, 2018, at Nashoba Valley Hospital, just shy of her 83rd birthday. She was born on June 16, 1935 to Lillian (Moquin) Rush and Arthur F. Rush, in Medford, MA. She attended Marycliff Academy in Winchester and graduated in 1952. She attended Georgian Court University in New Jersey where she earned a BS in 1956. She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years G. Robert Cox and her sisters Janet Healy and Daurice Spaulding. Carlyn is also survived by her five children; Lynda Macri and her husband Louis of Littleton, MA, G. Robert Cox III of Hudson , FL, Daurice Cox Dwyer and her husband Jim of Weymouth, MA, Johanna Kelly and her husband Joe also of Weymouth and John E. Cox of Waltham, MA. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren; Meaghan McCauley and her husband Mike, Kyle and Brittany Macri, Brian Cox and his fiance Lauren Fisher, Nicholas Cox, Sean, Erin and Kiera Dwyer and Joe, Tucker and Tyler Kelly. As a young woman Carlyn enjoyed summers in Scituate, MA golfing at Hatherly Country Club. After college, Carlyn taught special needs students at the beginning of her career in Boston. She then stayed home to raise five children and also financially managed her husbands advertising agency. Carlyn enhanced many lives by being involved with church organizations. The most notable is the time she dedicated to the Girl Scouts of St. Johns church in Wellesley. She was a devoted Catholic throughout the entire course of her life. Carlyns passion was her family and she spent decades researching them. She was an honored member of the Irish Ancestral Research Association, TIARA and a former editor of their newsletter. She travelled to Ireland several times to track the journey of her ancestors. She also volunteered at the Boston Archives researching and recording historical data. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 7, from 4:00 - 8:00 pm at the BLAKE CHELMSFORD FUNERAL HOME, 24 Worthen Street, CHELMSFORD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, June 8, at 10 o'clock at St. Anne Parish, 75 King Street, LITTLETON. KINDLY MEET AT CHURCH. Interment to follow at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery, MARLBOROUGH. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: or Baystate Community Services, 1120 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02169 or Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, 51 Blossom St., Boston, MA 02114. First Visitation June 7, 2018 4:00pm - 8:00pm, Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home 24 Worthen Street Chelmsford, MA 01824 Mass of Christian Burial Information June 8, 2018 10:00am, St. Anne Parish 75 King Street Littleton, MA 01460 KINDLY MEET AT CHURCH Interment Location June 8, 2018, Immaculate Conception Cemetery Beach Street Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752