PELRINE - Anne M. (Doyle) of Walpole passed away peacefully at home on March 13, 2012 surrounded by family. She leaves behind her husband Walter H. Pelrine. She leaves her own five children June (Howley) Kelly and husband James P., James Howley and wife Helen, Jeffrey Howley and wife Bobbi, Jill (Howley) Cunningham and husband Colin, Janel (Howley) Wilke, and seven grandchildren. She also leaves her nine stepchildren Jeanne (Pelrine) Haber and husband Tom, the late Anne (Pelrine) Engel and husband Michael, Walter Pelrine Jr. and wife Diane, William Pelrine and wife Mary, Kathy (Pelrine) Concannon and husband Bill, Thomas Pelrine and wife Ann, Christine (Pelrine) Boc and husband Greg, Jim Pelrine and wife Linda and Jack Pelrine and wife Cecey. She leaves 21 step grandchildren and 3 step great grandchildren.
She and her late twin, Helen, were born at home in the Riverdale section of Dedham to Margaret and Joseph Doyle. She attended the Dedham Public Schools and is a Dedham High School graduate Class of '55. After attending Chandler Secretarial School she went to work for her father Joseph J. Doyle Catering at Whiton Hall in Dorchester. She raised her five children in Westwood and spent every summer down Rocky Nook for over 45 years. She volunteered for many years at SNARC and Meals on Wheels. She was a member of the Westwood Young Womans Club and taught CCD through St Denis Church in Westwood for over 15 years. She became a Certified Nursing Assistant in 1993 and worked for many years at Victoria Haven Norwood, New Pond Village in Walpole and private duty. She remarried in 2006 to Walter H. Pelrine and they spent many happy years together in East Walpole. She knew how to enjoy the simple things in life and she will be greatly missed.
Donations may be made in her name to Vistacare Hospice, 2 Willow Street, Southborough, MA 01745.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend visiting hours in the Holden, Dunn and Lawler Funeral Home, 55 High Rock St. (off Route 109) Westwood on Monday March 19th from 4-8pm. The funeral will begin at the funeral home on Tuesday morning March 20th at 7:45am followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Mary's Church, Walpole at 9am. Interment at Knollwood Memorial Park, Canton.
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