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ELIZABETH COURT

Word has been received of the May 18 death of Elizabeth Court, 60, of Cambridge, a retired senior secretary in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. She began working at MIT in 1984 and retired in 1998. Information on survivors was unavailable.

PRISCILLA CREWE

Priscilla Crewe, 64, of Dorchester, a lead diet aide in the Medical Department, died on July 31. She had worked at MIT since 1987.

Mrs. Crewe is survived by her husband, Harold J. Crewe; two daughters, Dorothy Rivera of Dorchester and Celine of Lynchburg, VA; two sons, Daniel of Randolph and Harold of Dorchester; 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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