Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service

Sophia & Una Hawthorne Funeral from the Dee Funeral Home of Concord
June 26, 2006
Hawthorne Funeral Procession through Monument Square & Old Manse Reception

FUNERAL OF SOPHIA & UNA HAWTHORNE JUNE 26, 2006 CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS THE REMAINS OF SOPHIA HAWTHORNE THE WIFE OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE AND UNA HAWTHORNE THE DAUGHTER OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE WERE INTERRED MONDAY, JUNE 26TH, ON AUTHORS RIDGE, SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY, CONCORD. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE DIED IN 1864 AND AFTER HIS DEATH SOPHIA HAWTHORNE AND UNA TRAVELLED TO ENGLAND WHERE THEY BOTH LATER DIED AND WERE BURIED. THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF HAWTHORNE, AN ORDER FOUNDED BY ROSE HAWTHORNE, A CATHOLIC CONVERT AND ANOTHER OF NATHANIEL’S DAUGHTERS ARRANGED TO TRANSPORT THE REMAINS OF THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BACK TO THE UNITED STATES FOR BURIAL WITH NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE IN SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY. THE TOWN HEARSE HAS BEEN IN THE CARE OF THE JOSEPH DEE & SON FUNERAL HOME, 27 BEDFORD STREET, CONCORD CENTER FOR MANY YEARS. THE HEARSE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE TRANSPORTED THE ALCOTTS AND EMERSONS AND MANY CONCORD NOTABLES TO THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE ON AUTHORS RIDGE. THE ORIGINAL FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS AND BURIAL RECORDS OF THE CONCORD HISTORICAL AUTHORS, SUCH AS LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, RALPH WALDO EMERSON, BENJAMIN SANBORN & MANY CONCORD NOTABLES HAVE BEEN SHELTERED BY THE JOSEPH DEE & SON FUNERAL HOME FOR GENERATIONS. TO HONOR THE HAWTHORNE’S, AND IN THE TRADITION OF THE FUNERAL OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, THE DEE FAMILY WHO PURCHASED THE HEARSE FROM THE TOWN IN THE 1800’s WILL USE THE ANTIQUE CARRIAGE HEARSE AGAIN TO TRANSPORT SOPHIA AND UNA HAWTHORNE TO THEIR FINAL REST. SUSAN DEE AND CHARLES DEE ARE THE FOURTH GENERATION OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF CONCORD AND ARE ASSISTING MR. GEORGE SIEGEL, A FUNERAL DIRECTOR FROM NEW YORK TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THE HAWTHORNE’S. JOSEPH DEE SR. WAS THE SEXTON OF SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY DURING THE TIME OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE’S DEATH. THE ANTIQUE CARRIAGE HEARSE WAS DRIVEN BY WAYNE TUCKER, OWNER OF THE IRONSHOE FARM IN UXBRIDGE, MA. THE CARRIAGE WAS DRAWN BY TWO DAPPLE GRAY PERCHERON HORSES. THE PROCESSION WAS LEAD BY AN HONOR GUARD FROM THE MINUTEMAN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN CONCORD; MR. VITO “BILL” AUGELLO CARRIED THE BRITISH FLAG AND MR. CHARLES PRICE CARRIED THE AMERICAN FLAG. THE CARRIAGE HEARSE LEFT 27 BEDFORD STREET, CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS AT 12:30 P.M. FOLLOWED BY THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF HAWTHORNE AND THE HAWTHORNE FAMILY DESCENDENTS. THE PALL BEARERS WERE GEORGE SIEGEL, CHARLES W. DEE JR., MANUEL SANTOS AND DANTE GISMONDI. THE CARRIAGE HEARSE PROCEEDED DOWN COURT LANE TO MONUMENT SQUARE TO THE FIRST PARISH CHURCH, ON LEXINGTON ROAD, CONCORD WHERE REVEREND GARY SMITH, SENIOR MINISTER AND REVEREND JENNY RANKIN, ASSOCIATE MINISTER SAID A FEW APPROPRIATE WORDS. AFTER A BRIEF SERVICE THE HEARSE PROCEEDED TO AUTHORS RIDGE, SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY WHERE A PRIVATE FAMILY BURIAL TOOK PLACE WITH THE DESCENDANTS OF THE HAWTHORNE FAMILY AND THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF HAWTHORNE PRESENT. BEDFORD STREET AND THE TOWN SQUARE WAS FILLED WITH CONCORD RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS AS WELL AS LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. IT WAS A PROUD DAY FOR CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS AND FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FUNERAL AND VIEWED AN HISTORIC AND MEMORABLE EVENT ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN JUNE IN THE YEAR 2006. THE PUBLIC RECEPTION TOOK PLACE AT THE OLD MANSE, MONUMENT STREET, CONCORD FROM 2:30 P.M. TO 5 P.M. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND HISTORY ABOUT JOSEPH DEE & SON FUNERAL HOME PLEASE VISIT WWW.DEEFUNERALHOME.COM, or phone: 978-369-2030

Concord Police Department Cell Phone Collection
Ongoing Project
Concord Police Department, 219 Walden Street, Concord, Massachusetts

Police erase your personal information and can fix outdated and damaged phones for distribution to seniors and domestic violence victims. Drop your phone off at eht concord Police department. Cellular phones only please.

YOGA
July 24th, 2008 onward
Temple Kerem Shalom, Elm Street, Concord, Massachusetts

Thursday mornings at 9:30 AM Free to members $12.00 per class for non members.

What Does It Mean to Be Jewish?
ongoing
Kerem Shalom, 659 Elm Street, Concord , Massachusetts

A two year program for children ages 3 to 5 to introduce them to the Jewish Holidays and Jewish culture and awareness. Please call 978-371- 0540. Visit website www.keremshalom.org. Space available in both sessions of the monthly Sunday morning Holiday Preschool program. 9:45 to 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Carlisle Line Dance Group
Ongoing on Fridays
First Religious Society, Union Hall, 27 School Street, Carlisle Center, Union Hall

9:30 to 10 a.m.-Fridays Sessions are $3.50 each with Katrina Rotondi payable in advance. Call Nadine Bishop at 978-369-5080 to sign up.

Concord Youth Theatre
Ongoing
358 Baker Ave., Concord, MA

Call 978-371-1482 to request information or visit www.concordyouththeatre.org

Folk Dances at the Concord Scout House
ongoing on Sundays
Concord Scout House, 74 Walden Street, Concord, Mass

Sundays-2-4 p.m, $5.00 fee per person. for more info. call 781-662-7476 sponsored by the New England Folk Festival Association and Folk Arts Center of New England.

Community Education
Ongoing
Concord Carlisle School District

Call 978-318-1540 or pre register, visit www.colonial.net to see available courses.978-318-1432 evenings.

NAMI Support Groups
December 30 onward
Location changes different churches

781-982-3318. Church locations change. Call for dates and times.

Toastmasters Club of Concord
January 21, 2010, February 18, 2010
Concord Public Library, 129 Main Street. Concord, MA

Meet the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m.. Advanced club.

Alcott Chapter of Toastmasters
January 26, 2010, February 8. February 22, 2010
Concord Free Public Library, Trustees Room, 129 Main Street, Concord, Massachusetts

Meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m., ends at 8:50 p.m. , e-mail info. to Alcott.freetoasthost.com for more information. Library closed the evening of December 24, 2007, no meeting that night.

Belize Book Drive
February 1, 2009 onward
Holy Family Parish, Monument Square, Concord Center

Molly McGillicuddy is collecting library quality books for ages 5 to 14. Collection box at church.

Concord Lions Club Dinner Meeting
February 9, 2010
Colonial Inn, Monument Square, Concord Center

Please phone Richard Vargas-Vila for Membership information, 978-371-9782

Tour Guide Course-Concord town history and Guide training
Feb. 23, 2009 onward
Community Education -978-318-1540

7 Mondays from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Call Community Education at 978-318-1540 for more information.

Holy Family Parish Bereavement Group
ongoing
Holy Family Parish Center, 55 Church Street, West Concord, Massachusetts

7 p.m. Meets every other Wednesday. Please phone Sister Rose Marie Lipke, Pastoral Assistant for further information. All Welcome! 978-369-7442

Beyond Twilight-Spirits, Legends and Lore
Thursdays to Saturdays by appointment
jchat19@hotmail.com Various locations, Concord and Boston. $10 to $15. Reservations required.

A Dedication to Craft
November 13, 2009 to March 21, 2010
Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpk. Concord, MA

www.concordmuseum.org or 978-369-9763

deCordova Museum Courses and Workshops
ongoing Courses and Workshops
deCordova Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts

www.decordova.org Phone - 781-259-0505

Shakespeare Group
January 20, 2010, February 17, 2010
Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA

third Wed. of every month at 7 p.m. in the lower level meeting room. Group reads from Shakespeare plays.

Benefit concert for the Concord Chorus
January 23, 2010
51 Walden Street, Concord, MA

visit www.concordchorus.org- 8 p.m.

Lyme Disease Support Group
January 28, 2010, February 25, 2010
Trustees Room, Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA

Meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m.

Concert
January 29, 2010, january 30, 2010
51 Walden Street, Concord, MA

Concord Orchestra conducted by Richard Pittman winter concert/ visit www.concordorchestra.com

Intergenerational Choir Concert
January 31, 2010
Holy Family Parish, Concord, MA

3 p.m.

Religion Talk
January 31, 2010
Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord, MA

The Christmas Story according to the Gospels" 9 a.m. Free Rescheduled from Dec. 20 due to a storm. www.trinityconcord.org

Emerson Reading Circle
February 9, 2010
Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord, Massachusetts

2nd Tuesday of each month. 7:15 to 8:45 PM call 978-318-3300.

PFLAG Meeting
February 21, 2010
Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord, Massachusetts

Meets the third Sunday of every month. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian,Gay etc.7 to 9 pm

Mardi Gras Pot Luck Supper
March 13, 2010
Holy Family Parish, details will follow

www.holyfamilyconcord.org Pot luck supper