Catherine Arlene Dooley
July 25, 1919 ~ January 24, 2015 (age 95) 95 Years OldShare using:
C. Arlene Dooley, formerly of Hastings Avenue, Pawtucket died on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Sherborn Massachusetts.
She was the wife of the late Frederick E. Dooley Sr.
Mrs. Dooley was born in Pawtucket, the daughter of the late James A. McKenna and Catherine I. (Gill) McKenna. She was a clerk-typist for the Pawtucket Water Supply Board for many years.
Arlene is survived by her children; Frederick E. Dooley Jr., and his wife Anne Chafer of Vienna, Virginia, Nancy Ann Dooley and her husband Armand J. Desvoyaux of Pacifica, California, and Barbara J. Abrams MD and her husband Michael S. Abrams MD of Sherborn, Massachusetts. She is also survived by her sister Mary Muriel Galleshaw and her grandchildren, Brian J. Dooley-Chafer, Zachary L. Abrams, Anthony D. McLaughlin and Danya M. McLaughlin.
Mrs. Dooley was the mother of the late Patricia J. Dooley-Mclaughlin and the sister of the late Rita Collella, Carmelita Ferland and Thomas J. McKenna.
There will be a Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Dooley on Friday, January 30th, at 11:00 am in St. Teresa’s Church, 358 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket.
Her calling hours will be on Friday morning from 9:00 am in the Manning-Heffern Funeral Home, 68 Broadway, Pawtucket. Relatives and friends are invited.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Catholic Charities, One Cathedral Square, Providence RI, 02903. For online condolences please visit www.manningheffern.com.
Charitable donations may be made to:
Catholic Charities
1 Cathedral Square, Providence RI 02903
