Dorothea C. Gledhill

Somers, Conn. – Mrs. Dorothea C. 'Dot' (Barnicle) Gledhill, of Somers, Connecticut, formerly of Waltham, died Sunday, March 4, 2012 at Parkway Pavilion in Enfield, Connecticut. She was 89.

Dot was born in Millinockett, Maine on November 6, 1922, a daughter of the late Francis A. and Vena (Alberta) Barnicle. She lived most of her life in Waltham before moving to Connecticut last fall. Dot graduated from Waltham High School in 1940 and earned a degree in early childhood education after that. Until her retirement at the age of 75, she worked as a teacher at Green Acres Day School in Waltham and later at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital Day Care Center. She was a member of the Association of Nursery School Teachers. It was said that she could sit a group of twelve children down at a table and keep them mesmerized with her story telling and hands-on-projects. Grammy Dot loved beaches, the ocean, joke telling and made the best chocolate chip cookies and pot roast. She will be sorely missed.

The wife of the late Warren D. Gledhill, she leaves her children, Pamela G. Anthony and her husband, Jim, of Somers, Connecticut, Nancy E. Leonard of Camden, Maine, Robert W. Gledhill and his wife, Meredith, of Cohasset and Richard F. Gledhill of Waltham; her brother and sister, Richard Barnicle of Conway and Joan Krosnowski of Pennsylvania; 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Dot was also a sister of the late Elizabeth Krol and Francis Barnicle.

Family and friends will honor and remember Dot's life by gathering to visit on Friday morning, March 9th, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

Memorial donations may be made to Catholic Charities, 51 Sleeper Street, Boston, MA 02210.