Shrewsbury
Rita “Mae” Deedy
Rita Mae Deedy of Shrewsbury died Monday April 6 at her home in Southgate at Shrewsbury. She leaves three nephews, Edward T. Deedy of Dennis, MA, Justin F. Deedy of Duluth, GA, and Thomas R. Deedy of Woodstock, VT; 22 grandnephews and grandnieces, and many great-grandnephews and great-grandnieces. She was born April 30, 1915, the youngest daughter of Edward B. and Hannah M. (Donovan) Deedy and lived the first 70 years of her life on Wabash Ave. in Worcester. She was predeceased by her brothers D. Justin and John G. Deedy and sisters Louise B. (Deedy) Buckley and Elizabeth G. Deedy.
Mae worked at the General Adjustment Bureau in Worcester for many years, before, retiring.
She was a long time member of Ascension and Christ the King parish of Worcester and St. Mary’s parish in Shrewsbury.
The funeral will be held Monday April 13 from Callahan Fay Funeral Home, 61 Myrtle St. with a Mass at 11 a.m. in St. Mary’s Church 640 Main St. Shrewsbury. Burial will be in St. John’s Cemetery, Worcester. Calling hours at the funeral home are 9 – 10:30 Monday April 13.