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Thomas J. "Tommy" McKenna
April 30, 2022

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Thomas J. “Tommy” McKenna, 82, of Dedham, MA passed away on April 30, 2022 after a long battle with Alzheimers.

Tommy was born and raised in Roxbury, MA. He attended Roxbury Memorial High School and was the proud Sexton of St. Adalbert’s Church in Hyde Park for 27 years. He loved to tell stories of his truck driving days for Congraf, as well as his time working for Boston City Hall as a Special Officer/Security, where he retired in 2005.

Tommy was a devoted husband of 60 years to Judith (Davenport) McKenna. He was also a loving father to Thomas Jr. (Laura), Patrick M. (Veronica), Lisa (Steven), Richard (Allyson), Matthew (Julie), Brian (Liz), and the late Stephen J. (November 5, 1964- December 31, 1964). He was also a proud Grandpa to 16 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

Tommy was the youngest son of the late John L. and Anne E. McKenna and was predeceased by his brothers, John “Jack”, William, and James.

Visiting hours will be held at the P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home 2000 Centre St. WEST ROXBURY on Wednesday, May 4th from 4-8pm. Funeral from the funeral home on Thursday, May 5th at 9am, followed by a Funeral Mass at St. John Chrysostom Church at 10am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. The Funeral Mass will be live-streamed and may be found on the church website www.stjohnchrysostom02132.org (click the youtube link, it will begin at the same time as the Mass). Cremation will follow.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made through the website “Walk to End Alzheimers”. You can find our family donation page by going to the link “www.act.alz.org." and searching under “Teams” for “Saturday’s with Daddy”.

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P. E. Murray - F.J. Higgins - George F. Doherty Funeral Home
2000 Centre Street
West Roxbury, MA 02132
617-325-2000