(11/05/14) Marie T. Cotter passed into eternal life on Thursday, October 30th, 2014 in Hamden, CT, after a valiant battle with brain cancer. A long-time resident of Brookline, MA, Marie spent her final months with her sister, Barbara Morrison at Atria Larson Place in Hamden. Born in Providence, RI in 1920 to the late Thomas and Anna (Kelly) Cotter, Miss Cotter earned her BA at Brown University and her graduate degree at Teachers College Columbia University. Miss Cotter served as Library Director, teacher and author at Wheelock College, Boston from 1946 through 1985. Her knowledge of Boston’s architecture and history was as renowned as her hospitality. An avid traveler and reader, Marie enjoyed her retirement actively working with special collections in area university libraries, supporting the Boston Symphony, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Gardner Museum and cherishing the pursuits of her 20 nieces and nephews and nearly 40 grandnieces and nephews. Marie was the sister of the late Thomas Paul Cotter, M.D. of Riverside, California and she is survived by her sisters, Helen O’Neil of Attleboro, Massachusetts, Barbara Morrison of Hamden, Connecticut, Rosemary Cain of Cedar Park, Texas and her brother Leo Cotter of Salem, Massachusetts. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014 at 10:30 am in St. Luke Church, Washington Road, Barrington. Interment will follow in St. Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket. Visiting hours respectfully omitted. Information and condolences, please visit: www.galloglyfuneralhome.com.
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