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Ellen Sico, longtime MIT Travel employee, dies at 61

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Ellen Sico

Ellen Sico, a longtime employee of the MIT Travel department, died on Feb. 6 in Cambridge.

Sico joined MIT in 1975 and served the community as a member of MIT Travel until 2012.

She is survived by her children, Christopher and Vanessa Sico, grandchildren Olivia and Avery Sico, and siblings Robert, William, and Philip Wiercinski, as well as nieces and nephews.

A celebration of Ellen Sico’s life will be held at the Story Chapel in Mt. Auburn Cemetery at 575 Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday, Feb. 14 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., followed by a religious ceremony and committal. The Rogers Funeral Home in Cambridge is handling arrangements.

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