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Article: Marie Boylan, 102; educator kept learning
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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At her 100th birthday party at the Sophia Snow House, a
residential care facility in West Roxbury, Marie Boylan donned
high heels and danced her way into the hearts of her guests, already
captivated by her presence and optimistic view.
Then, she went to a Legal Sea Foods restaurant with family for
her favorite fish chowder and a martini, recalled Kristin Shea-
Davies of London, her great-niece and self-described soulmate.
At her 102d birthday, in December, Ms. Boylan again put on her
heels and, though using a walker, twirled around the floor on the
arm of Dana Ramish, president of Sophia Snow Place in West
Roxbury.
"Auntie E felt it was important to enjoy life and not have
regrets," ...