M. Mildred Fontaine of Medford died on Monday, April 17, at the Courtyard Nursing Care Center. Born and raised in Boston, she married James E. Fontaine and moved to Medford, where she worked for many years as a medical secretary.
Mildred was the beloved wife of the late James E. Fontaine, and the devoted mother of Gail O'Meara and her late husband Richard, James W. Fontaine, Craig Fontaine and his wife Alice, Pamela Rothe and her husband Edward, Joan Fontaine, and the late Beverly and Joseph Conway. She was the loving grandmother of Ann Walsh and her husband Matthew, Nancy Dutton and her husband Ben, Michael Conway and his Significant Other Jessica Leatham, Brian O'Meara and his wife Ekateryna, Cathleen O'Meara, and Cindy Fontaine. Mildred was the loving great grandmother of Caila and Erin Walsh, Sarah and Jack Dutton, Naomi and Emmett O'Meara, and sister of the late Jean Fahey.
A funeral service will be conducted in the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., Medford on Friday, April 28, at 10:30 AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend and may visit with the family from 9 through 10:30 AM. Services will conclude with interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford.