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Stephen Coady posted a condolence
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
I met Christine shortly after she and Stephen met each other. We often hung out in their apartment in Rockland watching Dynasty which Christina forced us to watch. She had a wonderful sense of humor. I just drove by the Mayflower cemetery and dropped in to say hello to Steven after 20 years passed. I thought to look up Christina and was really saddened to see that she had passed. Too young. In my thoughts.
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Steven posted a condolence
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Rode the bus together in high school for two years. Hits home when it's people from your youth
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Kim Carlson lit a candle
Friday, June 4, 2021
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Chuck and family, Kyle and I are saddened to hear of Christine's passing. You will be in our thoughts and prayers
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Trish Grady-Delaney posted a condolence
Friday, May 28, 2021
I was saddened to hear about Christine's passing. My Mom adored Christine all the years they worked together. May you all find peace in your memories of Christine during this difficult time. May she Rest in Peace.
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
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Dear Chuck,
I am saddened by the death of Christine, and having experienced the loss of a spouse, she will be in your heart, always,
no matter what else your life holds for you as God directs us.
I cannot be there, but know I am sending my most sincere thoughts and prayers.
Aunt Janet
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Shelley Choquette Posted May 28, 2021 at 2:56 PM
Chuck- how sad and I am to hear the news of your wife’s passing… Is Janet has expressed, losing a spouse is one of the hardest things you’ll ever have to do, but your love for her will always remain… We will continue to keep you and your family in our prayers, and know that God has a special place in his kingdom for your wife and you… May God bless you and keep you
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Kathy McSorley posted a condolence
Thursday, May 27, 2021
I am so saddened to be learning of Christine's passing. I had Emily and Olivia in my preschool classroom when they were little girls. I remember Christine very well & she was a wonderful mother. Peace and love extended to her family.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
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In loving memory Christine. Rest in peace. You will be forever in our hearts.
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Judith Kirwan Kelley posted a condolence
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Christine Kirwan McGrath Abbott Tribute by Judith Kirwan Kelley 5/26/2021
When I was ten years old, my mother gave birth to Christine, who I sincerely believed was my very own living doll. As much as I could, I assumed her care, even insisting that my parents put Christine’s crib right next to my own bed. When infant Christine woke for a bottle in the middle of the night, I happily got out of bed, held and fed her, changed her and rubbed her back until she was snugly sleeping. My parents had no complaints with this arrangement. They’d been down this road four times already, and were happy to give over these tasks to a ten year old “night nurse.” As she grew, my friends were used to having my tagalong toddler along with us at the playground, at the beach, and anywhere else that 13 year olders were allowed to go unattended. I was so attached to Christine that when I moved out of the family home at 18 years old, I thought it a reasonable idea that she could come to college with me and sit coloring beside me quietly during my lectures. However, my parents put a stop to that. I had to leave her in South Weymouth with the rest of the family. However, sleepovers at my apartment now included Scott and Nancy, the sixth and seventh of the Kirwan siblings.
When Christine at ten years old performed in school productions, I sat with parents of the fifth grade choral group and shed tears of pride for Christine’s solo, “The Sun will Come Out Tomorrow,” from the musical, “Annie.” Years went by and Christine and I stayed close. In fact, when I married Rich, he was so used to her being attached to my side that he was not at all surprised when I let her stay over our apartment after the conclusion of our wedding reception. We did, however, leave her at home with Mum and Dad when we left for our honeymoon.
In these past months, Rich has generously encouraged me to spend as much time as possible with Christine and her own family, as she battled brain cancer. She was once again my baby. Along with Chuck, Olivia, Emily, and a myriad of health care workers, we took care of my younger sister as she bravely withstood the ravages of the disease. As in her childhood, she maintained positive spirits and her hearty laughter. She never lost her sense of humor but her independence became severely limited by the progression of the disease. She became, in a sense, the child once again needing total and loving care. Together with her husband, daughters, hospice, and other health care providers, we still talked and joked, and made every effort to keep her comfortable in body and in spirits.
As expected, Christine’s raucous sense of humor popped through, leaving us all collapsing in fits of laughter, despite the grim circumstances. Christine gave much love, and she drew much love from so many others throughout her lifetime.
Christine was predeceased by her adoring first husband Stephen McGrath. But God provided, and she was given the gift of a loving and faithful second husband, Chuck Abbott. Together they raised their family: Olivia and Emily, and Matt and Michael.
So now we, along with friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and many others, share the dark days following her death. But a smile returns to my face when I picture her on that school stage, and I heed the words that she sang, “The sun will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there will be sun.”
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
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Lindsey posted a condolence
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
I always looked up to Christine as my cool aunt, from the time I was little... except when she told on me for mixing chemicals in the Feeny’s house, and I wasn’t allowed to go see Aristocats. But aside from that, she was someone for me to enviously hope to be like one day. I remember making three Sesame Street cakes in her condo in Whitman with her and my mom for Olivia’s first birthday. I remember loving her style, her poofy blonde hair, and the absolutely adorable children she and Steve had... I was literally OBSESSED with them (Olivia and Emily) and lived for babysitting them, having sleepovers, and visiting. In her younger days, she was quite trendy and scoffed at the idea of going to Target. Through adulthood, I continued to idolize Christine as someone to emulate, as she loosened her grips on the disgust for low prices, and realized that a life of clearance was a life worth living. I admired her as an aunt, a mom, a photographer, a florist, best friend to my mom (her sister) and as a babe. Her wedding to Chuck was one of the best memories I have with relatives. My heart warms when I think of Steve meeting her at the Gates of Heaven... with many fluffy cats, spotted cats, big dogs, small dogs, ferrets, and lord knows what other animals. You will be missed. I’ll always be here for Olivia and Emily, don’t worry.
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