Mary Ellen Quinlan

FRAMINGHAM – Mary Ellen (Northrop) Quinlan, of Framingham, died Thursday, March 27 at Mary Ann Morse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Natick, she was 67, and the beloved wife of Bernard “Bernie” Quinlan.

Born in Marlborough, she was a daughter of the late Robert E. and Mary E. (Carroll) Northrop. Mary was a 1964 graduate of Saint Anne Academy in Marlborough, and went on to earn her nursing degree from the Framingham Union Hospital School of Nursing. She worked for many years as a psychiatric nurse at the former Medfield State Hospital, and more recently at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick.

In addition to her husband, Mary is survived by her two loving children; Christine “Chrissy” Gardner of Santa Clara, CA, and David Gardner of Albany, NY. She was predeceased by her sister, Ellen Foley.

Visiting hours will be held in the Wadsworth – Chiappini Funeral Home, 318 Union Ave. FRAMINGHAM, on Wednesday, April 2 from 3 – 7 PM, with a funeral service at 7 PM, relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment private.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in Mary’s memory may be directed to Woman 2 Woman Breast Cancer Foundation 4850 W. Oakland Park Blvd, Suite 225, Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33313, or by visiting www.w2wbcf.org