Anita Fedora (Garant) Tipping MacKay

Anita Fedora (Garant) Tipping MacKay – of Winchester, died peacefully, March 31^st at the age of ninety-nine. Beloved wife of the late William L. Tipping Sr. and the late Malcolm N. MacKay. Cherished mother of Elaine M. O’Reilly, her late husband Christopher “Kit” of Woburn, Michael Tipping, his wife Jannine of Winchester, and the late William and Donald Tipping, and the late Sheila A. Guerin, her husband John of CT.  Dear sister of the late Muriel C. Germano, her late Husband Peter. Treasured grandmother of Cheryl Copeland, her husband David of MD, Carl Guerin, his wife Nicole of Marblehead, Kenneth Guerin, his wife Heather of PA and Patrick S. O’Reilly, his wife Kimberly of Nahant. Loving great-grandmother of William, Aurora, Elaine, Natalie, Thomas, Nora and Adam. Longtime companion of the late Col. Dominic P. Quercia. Her Funeral Mass will be held on Thurs., April 7^th at 11 a.m. in St. Eulalia’s Church, 50 Ridge St., Winchester, and will be available live stream at https://sainteulalia.org/live-stream. At the family’s request masks are required. Interment will follow in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester. Relatives and friends are kindly briefly invited to pay their respects from 9-10:30 a.m. prior to the Mass at the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home 263 Main St., Woburn, MA. In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made in Anita’s memory to the Marian Fathers c/o Divine Mercy PO Box 716 Stockbridge, MA 01262.

Anita Fedora (Garant) Tipping MacKay – of Winchester, died peacefully, March 31^st at the age of ninety-nine. She was the beloved wife of the late William L. Tipping Sr. and the late Malcolm N. MacKay.

Born in New Bedford, MA, Anita was a daughter of the late Percival and Aurora (Couet) Garant. 

After marrying her first husband Bill, they moved to various places around the World as he served in the Armed Forces. During that time, she was a secretary for the Military Officers Association of America.

Together they started a family to whom she was dedicated to her family. She loved traveling and seeing different parts of the country with her husband’s Naval career. As her children grew, she returned to the work force and worked as a buyer and sales person  for Jordan Marsh.  She loved to make her own dresses for herself and her daughters, as well as making curtains, table clothes and others things.  She had a keen sense of fashion, style and always looked her best.

Anita had a strong Catholic faith and upbringing which she carried throughout her life. She loved God and all others! She was a people person by nature and built deep and lasting friendships everywhere she went.  After William Tipping died, she remarried Malcolm Nickerson MacKay who was an angel to Anita and our family.  

To Anita, nothing was more important than family. She will deeply missed but never forgotten by the ones she loved most.

Cherished mother of Elaine M. O’Reilly, her late husband Christopher “Kit” of Woburn, Michael Tipping, proud son and his dear wife Jannine BSN RN of Winchester, and the late William  Jr. and Donald Tipping, and the late Sheila A. Guerin, her husband John of CT.  Dear sister of the late Muriel C. Germano, her late Husband Peter. Treasured grandmother of Cheryl Copeland, her husband David of MD, Carl Guerin, his wife Nicole of Marblehead, Kenneth Guerin, his wife Heather of PA and Patrick S. O’Reilly, his wife Kimberly of Nahant. Loving great-grandmother of William, Aurora, Elaine, Natalie, Thomas, Nora and Adam. Longtime companion of the late Col. Dominic P. Quercia. 

Her Funeral Mass will be held on Thurs., April 7^th at 11 a.m. in St. Eulalia’s Church, 50 Ridge St., Winchester, and will be available live stream at https://sainteulalia.org/live-stream. At the family’s request masks are required. Interment will follow in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester. Relatives and friends are kindly briefly invited to pay their respects from 9-10:30 a.m. prior to the Mass at the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home 263 Main St., Woburn, MA. In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made in Anita’s memory to the Marian Fathers c/o Divine Mercy PO Box 716 Stockbridge, MA 01262.

Her Funeral Mass will be held on Thurs., April 7^th at 11 a.m. in St. Eulalia’s Church, 50 Ridge St., Winchester, and will be available live stream at https://sainteulalia.org/live-stream. At the family’s request masks are required. Interment will follow in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester. Relatives and friends are kindly briefly invited to pay their respects from 9-10:30 a.m. prior to the Mass at the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home 263 Main St., Woburn, MA. In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made in Anita’s memory to the Marian Fathers c/o Divine Mercy PO Box 716 Stockbridge, MA 01262.