BAKIS, GERALDINE J. (THOMAS) a lifelong resident of So. Boston, August 5, 2012, at age 97. Beloved wife of he late Paul A. Devoted mother of Geraldine O'Brien of So. Boston, Janice Chipman & her husband Frederick, Michael Bakis & his wife Kathleen. Dear sister of the late Myra Maxwell & Phyllis Thomas. Loving grandmother of 8 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, & 1 great-great-grandson. Visiting hours will be held at The Casper Funeral Home, 187 Dorchester Street, SOUTH BOSTON, on Wednesday from 4 to 8 PM. Followed by a Funeral Mass in Gate of Heaven Church on Thursday at 10 AM. Interment Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Geraldine's Memory to Seasons Hospice, 275 Grove St., Suite 3-102, Newton, MA 02466.