Obituary of Lillian M. Wadsworth

Lillian M. Wadsworth, 93, of Brown Memorial Court, in Lee MA, a resident since 1984, died Saturday, Oct. 11, surrounded by her loving family, at Fairview Hospital, in Great Barrington. She was born in Hanson, July 1, 1915, a daughter of James and Inez Bacon Lowery and was a graduate of Pembroke High School and Atherton Hall Secreterial School in Boston. She was employed as a secretary for the New England Journal of Medicine in Boston in the 1930s and 1940s. She made her home in Kingston, before moving to Lee, in 1956. Her husband Basil R. Wadsworth Sr., whom she married in 1937, died in 1977. She leaves one son, James W. Wadsworth and his wife Christine of Lee; six grandchildren, Robin, Barry, Brian and Kevin Wadsworth, Wendy Bryan and Karen Rella and their spouses. She also leaves 14 great-grandchildren; and her daughter-in-law, Patricia Wadsworth of Pittsfield. She was predeceased by her son, B. Robert Wads-worth Jr. in 2005, and her two brothers, John and George. Lillian enjoyed being at Saquish Beach and being with her family, doing cross word puzzlers and visiting with her friends at Brown Memorial Court. She will be sadly missed. Visiting hours will be held Wednesday morning, Oct. 15, from 11 to 12 at the Shepherd Funeral Home, 216 Main St., in Kingston. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Kingston. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in her memory to a charity or organization of ones choice.