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Shortly after her mother died in 1949, Marcia moved to Boston and continued to work with Dr. Sidney Farber, the founder of the Jimmy Fund at Boston Children’s Hospital. While there, she worked with the attending pediatric cardiologist editing cardiology books, and any other task that came her way. Marcia married Theodore Lawson in 1952 and raised a family of three children in the Boston area. In 1958, they bought a cottage in Lyman on Swan Pond. They had one of the few cottages on the pond and still own the cottage where they spent many summers as a family. Marcia was heartily involved in local community service. She was responsible for establishing a Food Bank, which still exists today. She was a Camp Fire Girls leader for her two daughters. Active in the church and supportive of local community charities in their former hometownof NorthReading,Massachusetts, both Theodore and Marcia were examples of what it meant to be a good neighbor. In 2013, both Ted and Marcia moved to Hollis to live with their daughter Barbara. Barbara helped Marcia care for Ted who suffered from dementia until his death in 2014. She continues to reside in Hollis with her daughter Barbara. Politically astute, Marcia watches CNN to keep up to date with the political arena and enjoys reading magazines. Her daughter states that she is very political and not hesitant to voice her opinion on current affairs. Today, Marcia is very active with taking care of herself and helping her daughter around the house doing dishes and making her bed. Marcia also takes tender loving care of her beloved cat, Mittens. Recently recovering from a fall (she was ready to get rid of the hard collar), she has returned home. She says that she has had a good long life and is “still ticking” due to the excellent care that she has received from her family through the years. According to Marcia, the way to have a good long life is to take good care of one self and have family that cares. Please join the Select Board in congratulating Marcia Nutting Lawson in her long life and may the years to come be healthy and prosperous.

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