Hudson – Anna M. (Papierok) Gaulin, 89, of Hudson, formerly of Framingham and Brookline, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, surrounded by her loving family, at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Worcester. She was the beloved wife of the late Roland G. Gaulin, who died in 1979.
Anna was born and raised in Germany, daughter of the late Karl and Anna (Hermann) Papierok. She moved to the United States from Germany at the age of 24 following meeting her husband Roland. She resided in Brookline for a short period before moving to Framingham, where she spent 40 years. She moved to Hudson in 2002.
Anna spent many years as a hostess for the 1812 House in Framingham, Monticello in Framingham, and the Red Coach Grill in Framingham, Wayland, and Newton.
Following her employment at the Red Coach Grill, she began her career as a head teller with Framingham Savings Bank for 20 years until retiring in 1986. She was a member of Saint Michael's Parish in Hudson.
She is survived by her two children, Jeannette Rodger and her husband William of Hudson and Michele McCarthy and her husband Bruce of Sturbridge, formerly of Rutland. She is also survived by her four grandchildren, Stephen Rodger and his wife Leah of Washington, D.C., Nicole Pereira and her husband Joseph of Freetown, and Michael and Patrick McCarthy, both of Sturbridge, formerly of Rutland; her sister, Elisabeth Simoes and her husband Joseph of Watertown; and many nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Norbert and Guinta Papierok and Hildegard Widera.
Family and friends may attend a calling hour Thursday, Dec. 6, from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., at the Tighe-Hamilton Funeral Home, 50 Central St., Hudson, followed by a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. in Saint Michael's Church, 21 Manning St., Hudson. Burial will follow in Edgell Grove Cemetery, 53 Grove St., Framingham.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Anna may be made to the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.
