Former Resident's Will Leaves $200K+ for Fire Dept.

One of former Attleboro resident Margaret Santurri's final wishes was to dedicate her money to the Attleboro Fire Department  as a sign of appreciation for the medical care provided to her husband in 1973. The city's trust fund committee announced the creation of a new trust for the fire department with $203,000 from Santurri's estate.

Santurri died at age 90 in 2010 as a resident of Cumberland. Her will states all her money, minus funeral expenses, should go to the fire department "in appreciation of the fire department personnel's care for persons in need of ambulance transportation to medical facilities."

Austin W. McHoul, attorney for Santurri's estate, wrote in a letter to City Treasurer Ethel Sandbach, "Although Margaret's husband Julio 'Hank' Santurri passed away in 1973 at the age of 54, she remained impressed with the care that was provided to them by the Attleboro Fire Department."

The letter states money from the trust should be used for "the purchase of EMS medical equipment or for the purchase of an ambulance or a contribution toward the purchase of an ambulance."

The Santurris lived on Curtis Avenue in South Attleboro. They owned and operated Hank's Tire Sale and Service Station on Washington Street from the early 1950s to 1973.