28 September, 2015
Mr. Paul Francis McCormack of Milford MA, (5/31/1931 ~ 9/25/2015) died on 25 September 2015 after a brief illness. He was the beloved husband of Beverly (Quattrochio) McCormack.
Son of D. Joseph and M. Lillian (McDonough) McCormack, he was born in Milford.
He attended St. Mary Grammar School and High School, graduating in 1948. Also a graduate of Providence College in 1952. He completed a Master’s Degree at Assumption College in 1962.
After college, entered the U.S. Army and attended the Army Language School in Monterrey, CA, and was stationed in Lubeck, Germany, with the Army Security Agency.
He married Beverly Quattrochio on 23 November 1957.
In 1956 he began teaching at Hopkinton High School and in the early 1960s initiated one of the first language programs for Russian on the high school level in the United States. In 1968 he was appointed Chairman of the Foreign Language Department at Hopkinton High School.
Also, during his time at Hopkinton he served as the junior high and later the varsity baseball coach. He retired in 1992 after 36 years in the classroom at Hopkinton High School.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Beverly, and three sons, Fr. Michael McCormack, O.P., of Washington, D.C., Patrick J. McCormack of Milford, and Thomas P. McCormack of Conway, N.H.,
9 nieces and nephews, and 1 grandson. A sister, Jean M. Hauglie, died in 1978.
His funeral, with Military Honors will be held Thursday (October 1st) at 10am from the Edwards Memorial Funeral Home, 44 Congress Street, Milford MA followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11AM at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 7 East Main Street, Milford MA.
Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery.
Visiting hours are Wednesday (September 30th) from 4:00-7:00 PM, during which a Prayer Service will be held at 5:30 PM.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dominican Community, 487 Michigan Avenue NE, Washington DC 20017.
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