- Date Of Birth: October 7, 1921
- Date Of Death: March 25, 2006
- State: Massachusetts
UPTON – Eleanor R. (Killian) Broderick, 84, of Upton, died Saturday, March 25, 2006 at Milford Regional Medical Center after she was stricken ill at home. A retired schoolteacher, she was the widow of Richard T. Broderick, who died in 1976 after 31 years of marriage.
Mrs. Broderick was born in Boston, a daughter of the late William F. and Margaret (Nolan) Killian. She was a member of the Class of 1939 of Boston Girls Latin High School and taught fourth-grade at Milford Catholic Elementary School in Milford for 26 years, retiring about 20 years ago. She then worked as a substitute teacher at Milford Catholic Elementary and in the Mendon-Upton school system for several years.
She was a faithful communicant of Holy Angels Parish, a member of the Upton Historical Society, a Registrar of Voters in Upton, and had previously served on the Upton Housing Authority. Well-known and active in the Democratic Party, she was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention.
She leaves one son, Richard T. Broderick, Jr. and his wife, Karen, of Upton; a sister, Louise V. Sullivan of Watertown; and many loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was also the sister of the late Dorothy P. Killian and Marguerite A. Leary.
