McDonnell, Sophia T.

Sophia T. McDonnell (“Sophie”), 94, died quite suddenly on Thursday, August 11, 2016, as a result of a fall that knocked her unconscious and from which she never recovered. Sophie, a lifelong resident of Canton, had recently moved into an assisted living community in Brewster to be close to her brother, Robert McDonnell, and extended family in the area. Moments after the incident, Sophie was taken to Cape Cod Hospital where she passed away peacefully about eight hours later.

Sophie was born on June 11, 1922, in Boston and was the youngest of five children born to Frank and Sophie McDonnell. She attended Glover Elementary School in Milton and spent all four years of high school at Notre Dame de la Sagesse Convent School in St. Agatha, Aroostook County, Maine. When World War II broke out, two of Sophie’s brothers joined the Army, and she enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Sophie was stationed in San Francisco where she rose to the rank of staff sergeant in charge of provisioning troops in the Pacific theater.

After the war, Sophie became a registered nurse and served her entire career at the Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton before retiring …

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