Whitman – Lorraine M. (Piantoni) Faxon 85, died Tuesday August 9, after a period of failing health. She was the beloved wife of the late Leslie C. Faxon, daughter of the late Luigi Piantoni and Marie (Noris) Borlenghi.
Born and raised in Milton she was a graduate of Milton High School. She married in 1947, lived in Abington for four years before moving to Whitman. Mrs. Faxon was employed by Picker Xray Co. in Boston and later was employed at the former Pleasant Manor Nursing Home of Whitman. She was also a private nurse’s aide for several Whitman families.
She was a communicant of the Holy Ghost Church in Whitman and was a member of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality. Mrs. Faxon worked in the St. Francis Thrift Shop for many years until the shop closed. She was an active member at the Whitman Senior Center and a former member of the Whitman Mother’s Club. She also enjoyed going on bus tours around the U.S. with her husband. They enjoyed dancing as members of the 72 Club of Abington. Mrs. Faxon also enjoyed the Patriots and knitting, often donating items she made to Catholic Charities and the Pine Street Inn
She is survived by her loving children Michael L. Faxon and his wife Dianne of Abington, Cynthia A. Shepherd, Donna M. Ketchen and her husband Richard, Jeffrey L. Faxon, Stephen R. Faxon, and Philip J. Faxon and his wife Kathy all of Whitman, her sister Carla Meehan of Northborough, and her aunt Ann Austin of Quincy. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren 2 great grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins, especially Eleanor Mulroy of Wollaston. She was the sister of the late Robert Piantoni
Her funeral service will be held on August 13th at 9:15 AM from the Blanchard Funeral Chapel Plymouth Street (Rt. 58 at the rotary) Whitman, followed by a funeral mass at 10 AM in the Holy Ghost Church, Whitman. Burial will follow in the St. James Cemetery, Whitman. Visiting hours will be held on Friday August 12th from 4-8 PM. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Whitman St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, 44 Blake St. Whitman, MA 02382 or to the MSPCA, 1300 West Elm St. Ext, Brockton, MA 02301.