Catherine A. Wholey
...retired from Tewksbury Water Dept.; 88
TEWKSBURY - Catherine A. (Murphy) Wholey, age 88, a long time Tewksbury resident andformer town employee died at home Tuesday, June 17, after a long illness. She was the wife ofthe late Daniel J. Wholey, who died in 1987.
She was born in Lowell, Jan. 22, 1915, a daughter of the late Daniel J. and Catherine (Sullivan)Murphy. She was raised in Lowell and graduated Lowell High School with the class of 1933. Shehad resided in Tewksbury since 1956.
She retired from the Tewksbury Water Department staff in the mid-seventies, after 17 years ofservice.
She was a communicant of St. William’s Church, and a former member of the St. William’s Sodality. In her later years, she also enjoyed membership in the Tewksbury Golden Age Club.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Richard F. and his wife Gail (Dingwall) Wholey ofGilford, NH, her daughter, Kathleen A. Wholey of Tewksbury, and two sisters, Margaret Nichlesand Mary E. Murphy both of Lowell.
She was also sister of the late John Murphy and Francis Murphy.
Her funeral was held Friday, June 20, in St. William’s Church. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, No.Tewksbury.
Memorials to the VNA of Middlesex East - Hospice, 607 North Ave., Suite 17,Wakefield, MA 01880 will be appreciated.