Ellen was born on February 7, 1949, in Waterbury, Ct. to Benjamin and Margaret (Sullivan) Flinter and lived her entire childhood in the north end of Waterbury where she was surrounded by a rich network of extended family.
She graduated from St. Thomas School and Waterbury Catholic High School and went on to earn her BA from St. Joseph College in Hartford, Ct and her Masters Degree in Social Work from Boston University in 1983.
She loved the city of Boston and its environs and remained there for the rest of her life.
Ellen became a licensed social worker in 1985 and began working at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in 1986, serving the citizens of the Commonwealth as a Health Care Facility Specialist. She served as the West Region Manager of Public Health Care Quality managing the auditing and the inspection of nursing home facilities after managing 2 regions at once for 2 years.
Ellen’s career was devoted to protecting and ensuring quality of care and safety for patients in hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities. She was promoted to the role of regional manager in 2005, where she supervised nurses and social workers who inspected all licensed health care facilities in the western region of the state.
She was a teacher and mentor to scores of other health care professionals, and held everyone to her exacting standards of quality.
Most of all, Ellen was the very proud mother of Gregory, her beautiful son and pride and joy in life. She loved him every minute of every day. She leaves him with wonderful memories of their explorations and outings to Boston’s parks and beaches, but most of all, with the memory of her deep devotion and unending love for him.
In addition to her son, Gregory Raymond of Belmont, she is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Margaret Flinter and Paul Freundlich of Higganum, Ct; her adored nephew, Rob Freundlich, and a network of family and friends who supported her during her life and during her illness.
She was predeceased by her parents, Benjamin and Margaret, and her brother, Raymond (1990).
Visiting hours in the Stanton Funeral Home 786 Mt. Auburn St. (Rt16) Watertown, MA on Tuesday, May 6th, from 4-8pm. Relatives and friends respectfully invited to attend.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in the Sacred Heart Church, Watertown on Wednesday, May 7th at 10:30 am.
In accordance with Ellen’s wishes, cremation will follow with interment of her ashes at a later date Calvary Cemetery,Waterbury, Ct where she will join the family members that have gone before her.
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