The Passing of My Mother

 Please pray for the repose of the soul of my dear Mother.

Mary Busconi Blanchard, 92, died Saturday February 24, 2018 after a short illness. Born in Framingham, MA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine Busconi. 

Mary Lou was raised in Hopkinton, MA, where she attended school and went on to raise her family. She worked very hard all her life. She owned and operated a restaurant for many years as well as a bed and breakfast on Sagamore Beach in Sandwich MA. In her later years she worked in the tax business with her daughter Kathleen. Mary Lou loved her family as she did life. She had a joy and zest for life and thoroughly enjoyed her last 13 years on the beach in York, ME. 

 She is survived by her five children, Mary Jo Jones Bardsley of York, ME, Patricia Kinnarney of Framingham MA, Kathleen Thompson of Rochester, NH, Margaret Munch of Supply, NC, and Joseph Kinnarney of Greensboro, NC; as well as 11 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded by her six siblings Anthony Busconi, Yolanda Denny, Mafalda Logan, Angie Turchi, Jenny Tassone and Lewis Busconi and by her husbands Joseph Kinnarney and Kenneth Blanchard. 

The funeral will take place Friday, March 2, 2018 at 9:30 am from the Callanan Cronin Funeral Home, 34 Church Street, Hopkinton. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am in St. John the Evangelist Church, 20 Church Street, Hopkinton. Burial will follow in St. John's Cemetery, Hopkinton. Calling hours at the funeral home will be Thursday March 1, 2018 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.