Harriet Rae (Sharkey) Flashenburg, a longtime Saugus resident who later lived in Boynton Beach and Miami and most recently North Attleboro, has died. She was 92.
She was born and raised in New York City, the daughter of Godfrey and Dora (Kurzweil) Sharkey, graduated from Brooklyn College and earned a master’s degree at Salem State. She taught in New York and for many years directed the preschool at the House of Seven Gables Settlement House in Salem. She painted in oils, worked in stained glass, fused glass, beads and silver, and sang. Her volunteer life ran from Cub Scout den mother to park ranger at the Saugus Iron Works, Democratic State Committee delegate, Hadassah, the sisterhoods of Temple Tifereth Israel in Malden and Temple Beth Kodesh in Boynton Beach, the Northshore Rock and Mineral Club, the Saugus Historical Society and Eastern Star. Her husband of 48 years, Edwin C. Flashenburg, died before her.
She leaves her brother, Murray Sharkey; her children, Howard, Lisa and Avi Flashenburg and David and Lili Flashenburg; her grandchildren, Meredith and Claudio Dimundo, Matthew and Juanita Flashenburg, Madison Flashenburg and Matthew Bugna, and Daniel and Samuel Flashenburg; and her great-grandchildren, Leo, Bianca and Adiela. Her son Bruce Flashenburg died before her.
A graveside service is Wednesday, September 30 at 10 a.m. at Agudas Achim Cemetery of Malden, 740 Broadway, Melrose, with shiva that evening at the home of David and Lili Flashenburg and Thursday evening at the home of Lisa Flashenburg. Arrangements are by the Goldman Funeral Chapel, Malden. The family suggests donations to Hadassah.
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