Mary Alice McNamara

Waltham - Mrs. Mary Alice (Whalen) McNamara, of Waltham, died Friday, September 11, 2009 at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Worcester. She was 82. Mary Alice was born in Waltham on August 16, 1927, the only child of the late Patrick and Mary Alice (Hurley) Whalen, and had been a lifelong resident. She was a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Waltham and from Emmanuel College in Boston. She taught at the Plympton Elementary School in the early years of her marriage and after that became a piano instructor for most of her life. She was the pianist at the 'hospital shows' produced by the staff of the Waltham Hospital and also played at the shows and recitals put on by several area dance studios and at Saint Mary's Church. The wife of the late Thomas H. McNamara, she leaves her children, Thomas W. McNamara and his wife, Rosemary, of Hampton, New Hampshire, Jane McNamara of Waltham and Michael J. McNamara and his wife, Sally, of Wellesley and her grandchildren, Teresa L., Anne E., Megan S., Molly C. and Patrick J. McNamara. She was also the mother of the late Joseph P. McNamara. Family and friends will honor and remember Mary Alice�s life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. and again at 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Waltham. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Vincent dePaul Society, c/o Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham, MA 02451.