Muriel Elliott

Muriel F . Elliott (Sylvester) 91 of Bedford MA, died on October 22 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers.

She was born on July 12, 1930, in Chelsea MA. And was the daughter of the late Arthur S. Sylvester and Florence M Sylvester (Meserve) of Melrose.
Muriel was a 1949 graduate of Melrose High School. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wakefield and a member of the Rebekahs. After graduation she worked at John Hancock Insurance in Boston, then Transitron in Wakefield and for 24 years was the head cook at Stoneham High School.

She and her late husband of 71 years Richard F . Elliott traveled the US and Europe portraying the life of Benjamin Franklin lecturing schools, civic, veteran, and DOD organizations in period attire. She loved to cook, crochet, and knit. She enjoyed spending time with the family in Sebago Lake Maine.

She was the sister of the late Robert Sylvester and his wife Dorothy of Damariscotta ME.

She was the loving mother of the recently departed Richard F . Elliott Jr. and wife Donna (Sullivan) of Bedford MA, Kenneth R. Elliott of Gloucester MA, and Donald R. Elliott and wife Susan (Fortin) of Middleton MA. She enjoyed family get togethers for holidays and referred to these as a "Family of Families."

She was the grandmother of Jamie Elliott of Gloucester, Timothy Elliott of Lowell, Rachel Corbett and her husband Eric of Sneads Ferry NC, Jason Elliott and his wife Jennifer of North Reading and Chad Stanley of Holland MI.

She was the great grandmother of Xavia, Noelle, and Isla Elliott , Cale and Cole Corbett, Mathieu, Joshua, Noah, and Emma.

A visitation for relatives and friends will be held at the McDonald Funeral Home, 19 Yale Ave., Wakefield on Wednesday, October 27 from 4 to 7pm. Her funeral service will be held at the Funeral Home on Thursday October 28, at 11:30am. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett.

October 27, 2021
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

McDonald Funeral Home
19 Yale Ave
Wakefield, MA 01880
(781) 245-3550

October 28, 2021
11:30 AM

McDonald Funeral Home
19 Yale Ave
Wakefield, MA 01880
(781) 245-3550