Doris M. (McKenna) McGovern, 88, of Walpole died June 5 in the Victoria Haven Nursing Facility, in Norwood. She was the wife of the late Joseph B. McGovern who died in 2005.
Born in Boston, September 30, 1923, the daughter of the late Daniel and Cecilia (Daniels) McKenna, Mrs. McGovern was raised in the Mission Hill section of Boston and had lived in Arlington for 20 years prior to moving to Walpole 41 years ago.
A homemaker, Mrs. McGovern loved to travel and was an avid Red Sox fan.
She is survived by her children, Richard J. McGovern and his wife Cora of Walpole and Mary M. Merrikin and her husband Richard of Walpole.
She was the mother of the late Joseph D. McGovern.
She is also survived by her daughter-in-law Joan McGovern of Conway, NH, her sister Anne Marie Carver of Boston, 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Her funeral will be held on Friday, June 8 from the Ginley Funeral Home, 892 Main St. in Walpole at 8:15 followed by a funeral Mass in St. Mary’s Church at 9:00 a.m.
Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery in South Walpole.
Visiting hours will be on Thursdays from 5-8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the Victoria Haven Nursing Facility, 137 Nichols St., Norwood, MA 02062.