Obituary: Carol Nuttall, 76, Former Medford Resident

The following is from Keefe Funeral Home.

Carol (Pagurko) Nuttall, 76, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.

She was born in Brookline, Oct. 18, 1937, daughter of the late Frank F. and Gladys (Arsenault) Pagurko and her late step mother Dorothy Pagurko. She spent her early life in Somerville and was graduate of Somerville High School, Class of 1955. She raised her children in Medford before moving to her summer home in New Hampshire, later residing at the Woburn Nursing Center. A lover of animals, she will be remembered as having a cat curled up in her lap.

She is survived by her husband William J. Nuttall of Arkansas, son Robert P. (Bob) Nuttall and his wife Dawn Marie of Billerica, daughter Barbara Killeen and her husband Rick and daughter Maureen Hicks, all of Woburn, Tricia Barry and her husband Greg of West Islip, N.Y., sister Judy Morande of Marble, Colo., sister in law Barbara Jones of Billerica, five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews and friends. She was also the sister of the late Harold Jones.

A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Raphael’s Church, 512 High St., West Medford. Visiting hours Thursday, 5-8 p.m., at the Keefe Funeral Home, 5 Chestnut St. (Route 60), Arlington.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the VNA Hospice www.vnacarenetwork.org/donate. To send a condolence, visit www.keefefuneralhome.com.