FREDERICK M. CROAKE, 74, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2025. HE WAS A LOVING SON, HUSBAND, NEPHEW, UNCLE, GREAT UNCLE, GODFATHER AND FRIEND. LONG TIME RESIDENT OF SOUTH BOSTON AND LIVED IN BOTH LYNN AND REVERE LATER IN HIS LIFE. FREDDIE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS FREDERECK W. CROAKE AND SARAH V. (DUFFY) CROAKE, HIS BROTHER, RONALD E. CROAKE, HIS DEVOTED AUNTS, ANNA T. (DUFFY) CURRAN AND MARY E. DUFFY, ALONG WITH HIS BEST FRIEND, CLAIRE ASPEN SULLIVAN. FRED WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND TO MARIE (BASILE) CROAKE, CHERISHED BROTHER OF KEVIN W. AND DENISE M. (DONOVAN) CROAKE OF QUINCY, AND KATHLEEN (CROAKE) MURPHY AND JAMES D. MURPHY OF MALDEN, MA. LOVING UNCLE TO KEVIN J., BRIAN, MEGAN, SARAH AND ANNIE. SPECIAL GODFATHER TO DAVID SULLIVAN AND KATHLEEN SULLIVAN CHOQUETTE AMONG OTHERS. GREAT UNCLE TO EMMETT, NEELA, WINNIE, MARGARET, AND ANDREW. FOR MANY YEARS FREDDIE WORKED IN LOCAL BANKS AND ALSO TENDED BAR AT A SOUTH BOSTON ESTABLISHMENT. FREDDIE WAS A GENTLE GIANT WHO LOVED HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH HIS ENTIRE BEING. HE HAD A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR AND WAS LOYAL TO A FAULT. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM, AND WILL FOREVER LIVE IN OUR HEARTS. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS DURING FREDDIE’S ILLNESS AND ESPSECIALLY THANK THE KAPLAN HOUSE AND THEIR STAFF FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CARE GIVEN TO FRED IN HIS FINAL DAYS.
A FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD IN ST. MONICA’S CHURCH AT A LATER DATE
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