1934
Dorothy
2014
Dorothy D. Edson
March 26, 1934 — October 24, 2014
Westborough - Mrs. Dorothy D. (Durner) Edson died on Friday, October 24, 2014 while in hospice care at Beaumont Skilled Nursing Facility in Westborough after a long illness. She was 80. Dorothy was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 26, 1934, as the third child of Edward W. and Agnes (Walsh) Durner.
Dorothy graduated from parochial and public schools in Brooklyn, New York and attended Long Island Community College. Until her marriage, she worked as a secretary at several large law firms in New York City. She married Lieutenant Theodore M. Edson, US Navy on June 22, 1957 at Saint Ignatius of Loyola RC Church in Brooklyn.
Dorothy was predeceased by her parents, her older brother, Edward W. Durner, Jr. and her first born child, Stephen Edward Edson who died at age 19 days and is buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne.
Survived by her husband, Ted, and children, JoAnne Szymanski and her husband, Brian of Holden, Stephanie Walsh and her husband, Michael of Southborough, Theodore D. Edson and his wife, Debra of Carlsbad, California and Dianne Iannelli and her husband, David of Franklin. She is also survived by six grandsons, Conor, Stephen and Matthew Walsh; Kevin Szymanski; Stephen and Christopher Iannelli and four granddaughters, Megan Walsh, Kaitlyn Szymanski, and Madeline and Sophia Edson; two sisters, Anne VanNimwegen of Arizona and Gertrude Sherman of New Jersey and a sister-in-law, Antoinette Slade of New Jersey. She leaves behind many nieces and nephews.
In her twenty years as a Navy wife to Ted, a US Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer, she lived in five different states, Korea and Guam while moving 21 times into different abodes. After Ted retired from the Navy, they lived in Windsor, Connecticut for 4 years and Lexington, Massachusetts for 31 years before moving to Westborough in 2013.
Wherever she lived, she was active in volunteer services, her church, the American Red Cross and her children's schools. While in Korea she volunteered at a well-known Korean orphanage run by Harry Holt and in the psychiatric ward of a US Army hospital.
Dorothy was devoted to her immediate family, her extended family, and her multitude of friends, sending them cards for every occasion. She was also devoted to her church where for years she sang in the choir and taught Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes.
Her family offers thanks to the staff of Beaumont Nursing & Skilled Rehabilitation and the Salmon Family Hospice for the professional and tender care given to Dorothy.
Family and friends will honor and remember Dorothy's life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Tuesday, October 28th from 4 to 8 p.m. and again at 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning before leaving in procession to Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church, 880 Trapelo Road, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne.
Memorials in her name may be made to Harry Holt Orphanages, Holt Int'l, P.O. Box 2880, Eugene, Oregon 97402.
Dorothy graduated from parochial and public schools in Brooklyn, New York and attended Long Island Community College. Until her marriage, she worked as a secretary at several large law firms in New York City. She married Lieutenant Theodore M. Edson, US Navy on June 22, 1957 at Saint Ignatius of Loyola RC Church in Brooklyn.
Dorothy was predeceased by her parents, her older brother, Edward W. Durner, Jr. and her first born child, Stephen Edward Edson who died at age 19 days and is buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne.
Survived by her husband, Ted, and children, JoAnne Szymanski and her husband, Brian of Holden, Stephanie Walsh and her husband, Michael of Southborough, Theodore D. Edson and his wife, Debra of Carlsbad, California and Dianne Iannelli and her husband, David of Franklin. She is also survived by six grandsons, Conor, Stephen and Matthew Walsh; Kevin Szymanski; Stephen and Christopher Iannelli and four granddaughters, Megan Walsh, Kaitlyn Szymanski, and Madeline and Sophia Edson; two sisters, Anne VanNimwegen of Arizona and Gertrude Sherman of New Jersey and a sister-in-law, Antoinette Slade of New Jersey. She leaves behind many nieces and nephews.
In her twenty years as a Navy wife to Ted, a US Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer, she lived in five different states, Korea and Guam while moving 21 times into different abodes. After Ted retired from the Navy, they lived in Windsor, Connecticut for 4 years and Lexington, Massachusetts for 31 years before moving to Westborough in 2013.
Wherever she lived, she was active in volunteer services, her church, the American Red Cross and her children's schools. While in Korea she volunteered at a well-known Korean orphanage run by Harry Holt and in the psychiatric ward of a US Army hospital.
Dorothy was devoted to her immediate family, her extended family, and her multitude of friends, sending them cards for every occasion. She was also devoted to her church where for years she sang in the choir and taught Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes.
Her family offers thanks to the staff of Beaumont Nursing & Skilled Rehabilitation and the Salmon Family Hospice for the professional and tender care given to Dorothy.
Family and friends will honor and remember Dorothy's life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Tuesday, October 28th from 4 to 8 p.m. and again at 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning before leaving in procession to Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church, 880 Trapelo Road, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne.
Memorials in her name may be made to Harry Holt Orphanages, Holt Int'l, P.O. Box 2880, Eugene, Oregon 97402.
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