Mary Jane Coughlin Martello Obituary
The world bids farewell to Mary Jane Coughlin Martello (Franklin, Massachusetts), departing on May 20, 2026 at the age of 86. Mary Jane leaves behind memories cherished by the community. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Fredrick A. Coughlin and Sadie Coughlin (Stewart); her grandparents, Annabel and Bill Stewart; her husband John A. Martello Jr.; her sons, John E., Anthony F. and James A. Martello; and her sister Barbara Ann Dever.
She is survived by: her aunt Margaret; her daughter Maureen; her son-in-law Thomas Sullivan Sr.; her grandchildren, Thomas, William, Paige and Jack Sullivan; her friends, Timothy Sullivan Sr. and John Beauregard; and her grandchildren, Julia, Gianna and Jayme Martello.
Next school season Mary Jane with sister Barbara moved to "Hayward Manor" bought at auction by the gentlemen of the Coughlin Family & Loyal Order of Moose an American organization funding housing & education for orphan children, anonymously donating it to Catholic archdiocese of Boston, becoming "Home of the Blessed Child " just as Mary Jane's great grandfather John E. Sullivan did after 1857 moving the old town meeting house across the way and Saint Mary's church was formed.
