Marie Frances Norton, 88, former longtime resident of Marlborough passed away after a period of declining health.  Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Katherine (McCarthy) Nielson.  Marie began her career as an operator for IBM, spent 20 years working at Polaroid Co. in Waltham, and finally worked for over 25 years as a secretary in the Radiology Dept. of UMass Memorial Hosp. in Marlborough.

Mrs. Norton is survived by one son, Richard F. Burke Jr and his wife Tammy of Ashland, loving grandmother to, Ron Burke and his wife Alexandra of NL, Barbara Ojerholm and her husband Kyle of Holden, Marie Burke of Boston, Jessica Busby and her husband Nicholas of FL, great grandmother to, Shawn, Zachery, and Kaelynn Busby, and Lukas and Kyle Ojerholm, and sister to, Bernice McLean of DE.  She was the beloved mother of the late Bernard Burke and sister to the late Dorothy Malone of Watertown and Barbara Grayden of Arlington.

A private ceremony will be held at the convenience of the family.