6 March, 2011
Sally Anne McCormack, 48, passed away Friday, March 4, 2011 at Milford Regional Hospital after a long battle with Calciphylaxis. Born in
Framingham, she was the daughter of Mary (Boudreau) McCormack and the late Edward H. McCormack, Jr.
She was a lifelong resident of Hopkinton and graduated from Hopkinton High School in 1981. She worked alongside her parents for most of her life serving firefighters across the globe with ISFSI and most recently FDSOA. She also worked for many years with EMC in Hopkinton. Her biggest accomplishment was being Auntie to her Pumpkin. She loved the pool and lobster, loved to paint and loved her friends and family. She had a special love for all the doctors and nurses who cared for her over the past year.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by her sister Trish Rutkowski and her husband Thomas and her niece Emily Wilcox, all of Hopkinton, her brother James McCormack and his wife Becky of Indianapolis and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
The funeral will be held Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. from the Callanan-Cronin Funeral Home, 34 Church Street followed by a funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, 20 Church Street. Callings hours at the funeral home are Wednesday, March 9 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Burial will be private.
The Sally McCormack Calciphylaxis Memorial Fund will be established with UMass Memorial Medical Center of Worcester in the coming weeks. In lieu of flowers, donations to support the research and study of Calciphylaxis may be sent to the The Sally McCormack Calciphylaxis Memorial Fund, 140 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton, MA 01748.
