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In Memoriam
Educators from
Melrose High School
Class of 1976

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Mead Martha S [Sheller] Mead
Age
Birth
Death
Interred
Cause
86
 March 9, 1917
June 27, 2003
Puritan Lawn Memorial Park
Alzheimers
Parents: John Burns Sheller & Beula Mary Karch
 When Martha Sheller was born on March 9, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio, her father, John, was 30, and her mother, Beula, was 31. She had one son with Frank Carlton Mead. She died on June 27, 2003, at the age of 86, and was buried in Peabody, Massachusetts.
Birth Place:
 Cleveland, OH
Death Place:




Taught: English
Spouse:  Frank Carlton Mead Jr
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Martha Mead

Martha Mead
 Martha Mead - 1968

Martha Mead

Martha Mead
 Martha Mead - 1974

Obituary

 Born in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of the late John B. and Eula M. (Karsch) Sheller. Mrs. Mead was a resident of Melrose for over 47 years. She was a graduate of Lakewood High School, Lakewood, OH. She received her Bachelors Degree in English from the College of Wooster, Wooster, OH. She then continued on to Boston University where she received her Masters Degree in Education and her Doctoral Degree in Education.

Mrs. Mead was an English teacher at Melrose High School for several years until her retirement in 1989.
Wife of the late Frank C. Mead, Jr. Mother of Frank C. Mead, III and his wife Elaine M. of Melrose. Grandmother of Caitlyn S. Mead and Richard C. Mead both of Melrose.

Visiting hours Monday 4:00-8:00 PM
Interment in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody MA.
Gifts in her memory may be made to the Alzheimers Association 36 Cameron Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140.

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