Roxanne (Assaf) Griffin of Braintree, died Thursday November 24, 2016, surrounded by her family at the  McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich, following a long battle with cancer at the age of 66. A resident of Braintree for the past 40 years, she was raised in Hyde Park a daughter of the late Joseph and Louise (Daghir) Assaf.

A graduate of Northeastern University, Roxanne later attended Bridgewater State University and received a Master’s Degree from Cambridge College. Prior to her retirement she had been a Special Education Science Teacher for 21 years at Braintree High School in the School To Work program.

Roxanne is survived by her beloved husband Daniel M. Griffin; dear and much loved mother of Roxanne Nicole Griffin and Jared Griffin both of Braintree; cherished sister of Frances Assaf of Texas, Edward Assaf of Quincy and the late Joseph Assaf Jr. of Reno NV.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral Mass in the Church of St. Clare, 1244 Liberty Street Braintree Highlands on Wednesday Nov. 30, 2016 at 10AM. Burial will follow at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne at 1PM. Visiting hours in the McMaster Funeral Home 86 Franklin St. (RT 37) Braintree on Tuesday Nov. 29 from 3 to 7PM.

The family has requested that in place of flowers, expressions of sympathy can be made in her name to the Defeat GBM Research Collaborative (defeatgbm.org), a subsidiary of the National Brain Tumor Society.