Helen (McDonald) Cranston Obituary
We are sad to announce that on April 20, 2020 we had to say goodbye to Helen (McDonald) Cranston (Nantucket, Massachusetts). You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her sister Mary Fee; her siblings-in-law, John Fee, Sr., John Topham, Sr., Granville, Henry, Lloyd Cranston, Lydle Rickard, Joan McDonald and Betty Cranston; her nephew John Topham, Jr.; and her niece Kelly Ann McDonald.
She is survived by: her friend James Cranston; her daughter Ellen Glowacki (David) of Nantucket; her grandsons, David II (Meghan) and Brian (Shaunna); her great grandchildren, Sophia, Sam and Lyla; her daughter Pamela Bell (David) of Nantucket; her grandson Christopher; her son James II of Nantucket; her grandson Benjamin; her daughter Michele of Nantucket; her granddaughter Megan; her son Michael (Kathleen) of Pembroke, MA; her grandchildren, Kerrigan, Michael, Matthew and Emma; her daughter Sheila Clinger (Thomas) of Nantucket; her grandchildren, Ashley (Thomas Souza), Alexisse and Kaitlyn; her daughter Kathleen O'Keefe (Christopher) of Norton, MA; her grandchildren, Kevin, Kayla and Julia; and her siblings, Jeanette Topham of Nantucket, John (Roberta McDonald) of Mashpee, MA, Ronald McDonald of Wareham, MA, Michael (Nancy McDonald) of Fairhaven, MA, Robert McDonald of Nantucket, Genevieve (Reginald Harmon) of Nantucket, Rowena Rickard of Nantucket and Catherine Ernsberger of Nantucket. She is also survived by her husband, her seven children, their spouses, 18 grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter, as well as two sisters and four brothers.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Alzheimer's Family Support Center of Cape Cod, 2095 Main St., Brewster, MA 02632, https: //http://www.alzheimerscapecod.org or the Marla Ceely Lamb Fund, c/o Palliative & Supportive Care, 57 Prospect Street, Nantucket, MA 02554, https: //http://www.pascon.org.
