ROY, Jean Maxine (Hopkins) Of Needham, Nov. 7, 2014. Beloved wife of the late Romeo J. Roy. Dear cousin of Barbara and her husband Robert Fortin of FL and their children Marc Fortin and his wife Joanne of Canada, Pierre Fortin of FL, Micheline (Fortin) Sonia and her husband Jay and their children Jessica and Meghan of Martha's Vineyard.
Graduate of St. Elizabeth's Hospital School of Nursing, Cum Laude Boston University School of Nursing. Honorary member of St. Elizabeth's School of Nursing Alumni, Signa Theta Tai International Honorary Society of Nursing, member of the Mass. Nurses Assoc., former member of American Legion Post 14, Needham. U.S. Veteran served in the US Navy Nurse Corp Reserves from WWII through the Korean War. Retiree from the Nursing Service Administration of the New England Deaconess Hospital. Former member of the General Society of the Mayflower Descendents. Co-founder of the Women's Cribbage Group at the Steven Palmer Senior Center in Needham.
Funeral from the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 1305 Highland Ave., NEEDHAM, Monday, Nov. 17 at 9:30 a.m. Funeral Mass in St. Bartholomew's Church, Needham, at 10. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visitation prior to Mass in funeral home from 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Private interment Calvary Cemetery, Waltham. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Jean's memory to your favorite charity.