Ann G. (McNulty) Carroll, who was born in Chelsea, graduated from Chelsea High School and spent most of her working life at the Chelsea Bottle Company, died on September 16. She was 97 and had lived in Revere.
Her parents were James and Mary (Burkhardt) McNulty. She grew up between Chelsea and Revere, and after Chelsea High she went straight to work, first at Schrafft’s Candy and then at Bradlees. She married Charles J. Carroll and stayed home while their children were small. Once they were in school she took a job at the Chelsea Bottle Company, the plant that has since closed, and stayed there until she retired.
She bowled well. She read constantly, mostly detective novels, and could finish one in a few days when the story took hold. She kept house plants and a garden that her family describes as meticulous, and she liked a good dinner out with the people she loved.
Her husband Charles died before her, as did two sons, James M. Carroll and John K. Carroll. She is survived by her son Thomas P. Carroll and his husband Michael Soucy, her daughters Mariann Carroll and Donna Luiso and Donna’s husband James, and her son Robert Carroll. Her grandchildren are Charlene, James, Patricia, Carla and Joseph; two grandsons, John and Richard, died before her. She leaves seven great-grandchildren, James, Addy, Catalina, Oliver, Zachary, Jason and Julia, and her sister Patricia Luke. Six siblings died before her: Alice Gaylord, Mary Burns, Dora McNulty, Carol Murphy, Thomas McNulty and Edward McNulty. Many nieces and nephews also survive her.
A memorial visitation will be held on Wednesday, September 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Vertuccio Smith and Vazza Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach Street, Revere.
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