PAULEY, Claire (Doyle) Resident of Dedham and formerly of West Roxbury died on Feb 14, 2023 at the age of 94.
She was the only child of Frank & Margaret Doyle of West Roxbury. She was the widow of Dr. Raymond J. Pauley. She is survived by 3 daughters Joan Walsh and her husband Bob of Walpole, Susan Shelton of Dedham and Deborah Pauley of Hopedale, granddaughter Courtney Gillespie and her husband TJ of Walpole and great-grandmother of Tommy and Ava Gillespie.
Among many of her achievements she was a Past President of the Holy Name Bernadine’s of West Roxbury, Past President of the Fogg Roberts American Legion Auxiliary, Hyde Park, a former lector at Most Precious Blood Church, Hyde Park and Pius X in Milton, Past President of the friends of the Hyde Park Branch Library, Past District Director for Suffolk County American Legion Auxiliary, Past Commodore of Circle Yacht Club, Past Member of the Toastmaster Club, Past President of the Holy Name Society of Most Precious Blood, Hyde Park, Past Commodore of Germantown Yacht Club, Eucharistic Minister for 18 years at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Secretary of the HI Parkers, Officer in Hyde Park Lions Club, Member of Commodores club of America, Member of Boston Teachers Union, Member of the Holy Name Retirees, Curator Emerita and secretary of the Hyde Park Historical Society, Producer of Hyde Park Historical Christmas show for 36 years, Member of the Greater Boston Tour Guides, Member of the Dedham Troubadours at the Dedham Council of Aging, and she could be often seen daily on Dedham Cable TV doing “Mrs. Pauley’s Kids Corner” with seasonal shows.
She was a graduate of Boston Teachers College with a BS in Kindergarten education, later received her Master’s in Science from Wheelock College in Early Childhood education completing 60 over her Master’s. Later graduated from International Tour Management Institute and became a tour guide during school vacations. She also was a graduate of Barbizon School of Modeling.
She taught Kindergarten for a total of 36 years in Boston Public Schools. The Fairmount School (Now Boston Police Academy) and Roosevelt in Hyde Park, The Patrick Lyndon and Joyce Kilmer in West Roxbury and the Garfield in Brighton. She was a world traveler, lecturer, decorator and entertainer in her spare time. Also a collector of travel books, masks, dolls and artifacts from her travels and her home was her “museum.”
Active to the end, she will be greatly missed by family, friends, associates, club members and her beloved Hyde Park and West Roxbury Kindergarten pupils of whom she often spoke of and so proud when she heard of their wonderful lives and accomplishments through the years.
Visitation will be held at the George F. Doherty & Sons Wilson-Cannon Funeral Home, 456 High St., Dedham on Saturday, Feb. 18 from 9:00-10:30am followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Pius X Church, Milton at 11:00am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Private interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, West Roxbury on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Claire’s memory to St. Anthony’s Shrine, 100 Arch St, Boston, MA 02110.