Milton Obituaries – Co-Founder of Milton Civil Rights Fellowship Passes

McCarthy, Elizabeth A. (Gallivan), age 98, of Milton, June 24. Beloved wife of the late Chester S.  Loving cousin of Sr. Mary Madeline Erwin of Derry, NH, Arthur of  Milton and the late Richard G. Erwin.

Full obituary at Alfred D. Thomas Funeral Home: http://www.alfreddthomas.com/page/page/2518981.htm

Mary Fae (Hunt) Nangeroni transitioned peacefully on June 23rd. Mary was born Jan 9, 1922 in Albion, PA to Ernest Percy Hunt and Fae Vira Hunt (Mellish). She came from an artistic and musical family; her mother painted and her father played violin. .... She graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with a major in voice and organ.  While in Boston she met her husband Ambrose Nangeroni who she married in 1943.  Together they raised a small orchestra of 8 musical children.  They moved to Milton in the late ‘40s and remained together until Ambrose died in 1996.

Much of her life was dedicated to social justice and civil rights issues.  Mary was a tireless volunteer committed to helping end racism, domestic violence, poverty and other inequalities. She helped form, and served a term as president of, the Milton Civil Rights Fellowship.  She served as board president of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) program, Boston’s voluntary school desegregation program.