Viola Roselma St. John

Viola Roselma St. John, 95, of Madonna Manor, North Washington Street, North Attleboro; formerly of Elm Terrace and Church Street, North Attleboro and Plainville; died peacefully on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Madonna Manor Nursing Home in North Attleboro. Born in Franklin, Massachusetts on August 23, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Lucy (Parent) St. John. She was raised and educated in Franklin where she was a 1936 graduate of Franklin High School. For many years prior to her retirement Miss St. John was employed as an inspector at Whiting and Davis in Plainville. She was a proud, private and independent woman. Miss St. John leaves three generations of nieces and nephews including John A. McCarthy of Wrentham; her great niece: Linda Pope and her husband, Gregory Pope, of North Attleboro; her great nephew: Michael P. McCarthy and his wife, Christine (Johnson) McCarthy, of North Attleboro. Visitation and funeral services will be private in the "Memorial Chapel" of the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home - the national historic Colonel Obed Robinson Home, 161 Commonwealth Avenue (exit 5 off I-95 N or S, go right at end of ramp, mile on left), Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro. Private burial will be in Wrentham Centre Cemetery, Wrentham. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Resident Activity Fund of Madonna Manor, 85 North Washington Street, North Attleboro, MA 02760. For additional information or to send the family a written expression of sympathy, please visit an online guest book located on the internet at www.dyer-lakefuneralhome.com . Arrangements are entrusted to the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, 161 Commonwealth Avenue, Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro. (508) 695-0200.