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Clare E. Molloy, 84

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Clare E. Molloy, 84, died Friday, October 25, 2013 in Sudbury after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of Morgan P. Molloy, Sr., to whom she was married for 59 years. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Vincent and Claire (Brine) Burke. She was a graduate of Lowell State College and received her master's degree at Lesley University. She taught for 25 years in the Hopkinton public school system.

In addition to being a dedicated elementary school teacher, she was also a singer, painter, poet, gardener and Civil War enthusiast. She was co-founder of the History Book Club at the Hopkinton Public Library. She was a member of the Parkinson's Exercise Group of Ashland. Clare's vitality, spirit and joie de vivre will inspire her loved ones forever.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughters Kathleen Nollet and her husband Michael of Littleton, Alison Molloy of Seabrook, NH, Pamela Thyne and her husband James of Hopkinton, and her son Morgan P. Molloy, Jr. and his wife Judith Merra of Sudbury. She also leaves her brother Bernard Burke of Cambridge, her sister Sarah Berenson of Raleigh, NC and a dear cousin Pauline Brine of Amherst, NH. In addition, she leaves nine grandchildren.

A graveside funeral service will be held Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. in St. John's Cemetery, Hopkinton. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Callanan Cronin Funeral Home, 34 Church Street, Hopkinton.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association, 72 E Concord St Boston, MA 02118, or the Hopkinton Public Library, 13 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748.