Some Athol directories are at ancestry.com Eva is listed with a death date in the 1958 directory Sweet, Eva, widow of Fred, died February 25, 1958, age 76 In 1954 & 1956 she is listed as Sweet, Eva, widow of Fred, is listed at 382 Wallingford Avenue In 1948 Fred is still living, listed as Sweet, Frederick (M. Eva) carpenter, 68 Chester . So Fred died between 1948 and 1954 I looked for their obituaries or death notices in the Fitchburg Sentinel but I couldn't find anything. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> > Wow! Thanks SO much..........I have had no luck finding out anything > about > these people prior to this. Now that I have more names, dates and > locations, I might unearth more...... > > They were another pair of grandparents to my brothers and me when we were > young. Not by birth, but by love. Wonderful, wonderful people. Fred > had > had a heart attack, and wasn't in the best of health. It was also during > the Depression years and no jobs to be had. I remember he did a little > carpenter work. They had erected a "temporary" house on their lot, > expecting to build a bigger and better one later. But with the > depression > and his health, it never happened. > > They had the poorest house in the neighborhood, but the biggest hearts. > EVERYONE flocked to their home, to sit on the wobbly porch in the summer, > or > gather around the little oil burner indoors in the winter. > > I never knew their background, as my family moved out of state when I was > in > high school and they died soon thereafter. Fred died before Eva........ > he > had a bad heart, even when I remember him as a kid. > > Thanks again for helping me with these much-loved people. > > mas