Anna L. Farrey passed away Monday, at the Warm Beach Health Care Center, Stanwood, Washington, following a brief illness, she was ninetey-five years old. Born in Revere she was the daughter of the late Annie L. (Mulligan) and Maurice Finn, a graduate of Revere High School. In 1929 she graduated from Worcester City Hospital School of Nursing, as a R.N. with a bachelors degree in nursing. She was a decorated Second Lieutenant in World War II, serving as a nurse in the Southwest, Pacific.
Returning to Woburn after the war, she served as a visiting nurse and later as the public health nurse for many years. She instituted vacination and well baby clinics for the first time in city history. She was a former PTA President of the Wyman School, a member of St. Anthony´s Catholic Church, and member of Mother Cabrini´s Guild for Catholic Nurses.
She spent much of her retirement in Post Mills, Vermont, where she was active in many civic groups including, Trustees for the Peabody Library, Volunteer at Thetford Schools, and the Ladies Benevolent Society. Mrs. Farrey traveled extensively through out Europe and the Middle East. She was a member of American Legion Post 0079. She was predeceased by her husband Charles Edward Farrey, a prominent local attorney and politician. She leaves her daughter, Elizabeth Lowell of Agawam, MA, her son Edward Farrey and his wife Katie of Stanwood, WA, a brother Donald Finn of Melrose, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her funeral will be held for the McLaughlin - Dello Russo Funeral Home 60 Pleasant St. Woburn on Monday at 9 a.m. Followed by a graveside service at Calvary Cemetery, Woburn, at 10 a.m. Visiting Hours are Sunday 4 thru 8. Expressions of sympathy may be sent in her memory to the The American Heart Asociation 20 Speen St. Framingham, MA 01701 or the Salvation Army 147 Berkley St. Boston, MA 02118.