Elinor (Thistle) Breslin, 78 of Melrose, died Sunday morning, May 21, 2006 at the Elmhurst Nursing Home in Melrose following a period of declining health.
Mrs. Breslin was born in Stoneham, May 11, 1928.Mrs. Breslin was a long-time resident of Melrose and graduated from Colby College in New Hampshire. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Melrose, the Melrose Women's Republican committee and the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Elinor was the beloved wife of the late John DavidBreslin and the loving daughter of the late Honorable Thomas L. Thistle, Mayor of the City of Melrose 1948-1953and Bernice A. (Barrows) Thistle.