Age 27. 15 Haskell Street, Allston (Boston), MA. Born 2/28/1915, in Somerville, MA. Died of burns (death certificate). Stenographer in the office of U.S. Engineers, Park Square Building, Boston. Witnessed the afternoon surprise Holy Cross 55-to-12 football rout of nationally top-ranked Boston College at Fenway Park in a mixed-gender foursome including her fiancé Pvt. Fred Altieri, U.S. Army, age 29, of Brighton (Boston), MA, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis, Jr., and Anna Meyer, ages 28 and 24 respectively, of Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA. Pairs then continued on to the Grove. All perished. Her remains were identified at Northern Mortuary in Boston. Couple had planned to wed on the coming Valentine's Day, 2/14/1943. A photo with her fiancé was published in a 12/01/1942 Boston Post montage of those killed, but her name was miscaptioned as that of fire victim Miss Evelyn Richardson, mix-up possibly occurred because Pvt. Altieri lived on a "Richardson Street" in Brighton. To Allston as a child. Was a graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy (girls' Catholic high school), Boston, 1932. One of ten victims from the Hub "neighborhood" of Allston (also Mr. Harold James Ford and his wife Doris, ages 34 and 39, Mr. and Mrs. William and Eva Healy, ages 46 and 41, Miss Sirkka Lindgren, age 22, Mr. and Mrs. James, Jr., and Margaret McFarlin, ages 55 and 52, Mrs. Constance "Connie" Sheridan, age 28, all patrons, and waiter Harold Snyderman, age 32). Parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. and Mary A. (Fitzmaurice) Gartland, same address. Joint funeral services with her fiancé held the following Wednesday were attended by Boston mayor Maurice Tobin, age 41 (Born 5/22/1901. Died 7/19/1953, heart attack, age 52). Burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington, MA. Middle name Frances.

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