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Article: Only death ended her work ethic; Mary Hoitt didn't let cancer keep her from town hall desk
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- June 4, 2003
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The Patriot Ledger
Even when she was fighting for her life, Mary Hoitt came to work.
Hoitt, 50, who died of cancer Saturday, was an administrative
assistant in the Rockland town treasurer's office. By all accounts,
she was a very good one.
Treasurer Karen Sepeck said Hoitt, who was diagnosed last
September, would work some days for up to five hours, through her
pain.
"We'd have to make her go," Sepeck said. "She'd say, 'I'm leaving
in an hour.' " The hour would pass, followed by another, she added,
laughing.
"She was wicked conscientious," Assistant Treasurer Jane Sforza
said.
Sepeck, treasurer for 20 years, agreed.
"I never had anyone care so much."
Hoitt, who lived in Rockland, had many ...