Helen C. (Maher) Barrett, R.N., of Needham Heights on April 2, 2010 peacefully at home after a long illness. Beloved wife of Richard A. Barrett. Dear mother of Rick and his wife Charlene of New York and Mary Louise Bennett and her husband Edwin of Whitman. Grandmother of Michael, Rebecca and Lilah Barrett and Kaitlin and Mathew Bennett. Sister of Virginia McDonald and her late husband Daniel, Mildred Buckley and her husband Leo and Veronica Cullinane and her husband Paul.
Graduate of St. Columbkille High School, St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing and Boston University. Nursing instructor at Peter Bent Brigham, St. Elizabeth and Mt. Auburn Hospitals. Retired Assistant Director of the Mt. Auburn Hospital School of Nursing.
Funeral from the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 1305 Highland Ave., NEEDHAM, Wednesday at 9 AM. Funeral Mass in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Needham, at 10 AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting hours Tuesday 4-8 PM. Interment St. Mary’s Cemetery, Needham. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Helen’s memory to the Stigmatine Fathers, 554 Lexington St., Waltham, MA 02452.