Myde C. (Spencer) Stocker died on Monday after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. She was 59. A memorial service will be held Friday, followed by a funeral on Saturday.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
[The following was submitted by Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home.] Myde C. (Spencer) Stocker, 59, of Peabody, devoted wife of Richard W. Stocker, died with her family at her side at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston on March 5, 2012 after a lengthy and courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma. Myde was born in Panama City, Fla. on Dec. 28, 1952, the daughter of Irvin Spencer and the late Ruth (Hart) Walters. She was raised in Peabody and graduated from Peabody High School, Class of 1970. She pursued her education and received an associates degree in secretarial science in 1972 from Fisher College. Myde began her work career as a personnel administrator at Itech Corporation of Lexington and Baird Corporation of Bedford until 1979. In…
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Stocker, after battling cancer for 13 years and inspiring many others to continue the fight for a cure, died on March 5. She was 59. She was chosen as the Huffington Post's Greatest Person of the Day on Thursday.
[Editor's Note: Myde Stocker has been chosen as The Huffington Post's Greatest Person of the Day for Thursday, March 8. You can read about past honorees here.] "Myde's Minions" lost its original hero this week, although her spirit is sure to live on. Peabody cancer survivor Myde Stocker, who has battled a blood form of cancer over the past 13 years, died on Monday. She was 59. The team of supporters that formed around her each year in the Peabody Relay for Life -- "Myde's Minions" -- has become almost synonymous with the event itself, which is a signature event for the American Cancer Society. In 2010, Stocker received a Community Spirit Award from the Peabody Area Chamber of Commerce. The awards are presented to local unsung heroes who …
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Local survivor lauds advancements made possible through charity.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Twelve years ago Myde Stocker went to war. Clad in a green battle style jacket and a sequined baseball cap she fought for her life from a hospital bed at Brigham and Women’s Medical Center. With an ever-present smile on her face and her family by her side, the Peabody resident endured painful radiation and a life-saving stem-cell transplant that would eventually send her Multiple Myeloma, a form of blood cancer, into remission. Cancer treatment was much more primitive in 1999 and Stocker, speaking to her husband and two children on video phone, was kept in isolation for eight weeks as she underwent treatment for her disease. Some days were down right miserable, between the pain and the worry and the loneliness, but Stocker kept fighting. “…
jaclyn hill
11:31 pm on Friday, March 9, 2012
Amazing woman, amazing life, amazing legacy. Myde, you will forever live on in our hearts and your sweet laughter will always ring in our ears. All of us who loved you so dearly will watch over your Love and your Babes. So fly free sweet Angel and enjoy the peace that you are so deserved. - Jackie Hill & The Boland Family more ›