Raymond J. Sheridan, Sr. 1909 - 1981 · Maynard Historical Society Archives

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Raymond J. Sheridan, Sr. 1909 - 1981

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Raymond was born April 20, 1909, at 40 Parker Street in Maynard to John H. and Julia L. (Barry) Sheridan. He had two sisters, Margaret (b. 1906) and Dorothy (b. 1912). He married Mary N. Grigas in 1928. They had five children: Raymond Jr. (b. 1929), Ann (b. 1931), Nancy (b. 1942), Judy (b. 1944), and Thomas (b. 1948). They lived at 12 Hillside Street and moved in the early 1950s to 45 Old Marlboro Road, where he lived for the rest of his life. In his early life, he worked at the woolen mills, various construction jobs, and joined the Highway Department in the 1930s. He served as Superintendent of Streets from 1942 through 1951. He worked for the Army Corps of Engineers in the 1950s. In the 1960s, he worked for Whitman and Howard engineers. In the late 1960s through the mid 1970s, he worked at Sea Consultants Inc. He died September 29, 1981.

His public service is summarized below:
• Superintendent of Streets 1942 – 1951
• Board of Public Works 1958 – 1964
• Special Water Committee 1958 – 1959
• By-Law Committee 1961 – 1963
• Maynard Housing Committee 1965 –
• Finance Committee 1965 – 1966
• Planning Board 1966 – 1972
• M.A.P.C. Town Member 1967 – 1970
• Building Committee D.P.W. Garage 1968 – 1971
• Centennial Ball Committee Chairman 1971
• Maynard Housing Authority 1979 – 1981
• Democratic Town Committee Member (various years)

Photos:
1) Raymond J. Sheridan, Sr. about 1970
2) WWII draft card
3) Photo with family in the 1940s while Supt. of Streets
4) Photo with granddaughter in the early 1960s
5) Photo with friends and town officers: Birger “Rudy” Koski (l) and Don Lent (r) while perambulating the town boundaries in the mid 1960s
6) Photo with his sisters “Peg” and “Dot” in the late 1960s
7) Photo with wife “Mame” at the centennial ball in 1971
8) Parking deck named for Raymond in 1984. (It was later removed in 2014.)
9) Memorial poem by Rudy Koski