DORIS G. WHOLEY
Doris G. (McKeon) Wholey, 87, of Lowell, died Thursday morning, April 14th at D’Youville
Senior Care Center in Lowell. She was the loving wife of Joseph A. Wholey, Jr. who survives her. They would have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary October 12, 2011.
Born in Lowell, August 20, 1923, the daughter of the late James and the late Helen (Neville) McKeon, she attended Lowell schools and was a graduate of Lowell High School in the Class of 1941. She then went on to graduate from Lowell Commercial College.
She was a communicant of St. Rita’s Church in Lowell. She was a member of the Women’s Club at St. Rita’s and the League of Catholic Women. She also taught CCD for many years.
Before retiring from the State of Massachusetts, Mrs. Wholey spent the last 15 years as a Secretary with the Department of Public Safety at the Massachusetts State Police Andover barracks where several troopers fondly nicknamed her “Trooper Doris”. She was a member of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 93.
Among her many interests, Doris loved traveling, especially to Atlantic City, Hawaii, Aruba, California, and Utah. She enjoyed travelling to Pennsylvania and Virginia to attend the weddings of her grandchildren. She had great love for her family and friends.
Besides her husband Joe, Mrs. Wholey is survived by a daughter Kathleen Loucks and her husband Michael of Woodbridge, VA; a son James J. Wholey of Lowell; a granddaughter Kimberly Loucks Mumpower, Esq. and her husband Claude of Bristol, VA; a grandson Christopher Loucks and his wife Tammy of Cleveland, OH; her step-great- grandchildren Peyton and Parker Mumpower; and two nieces Sharon Wholey and Lynne Dailey and her husband Alan, all of Lowell.
She was also sister-in-law of the late Leonard T. Wholey and the late Joyce (King) Wholey and aunt of the late Leonard T. Wholey, Jr.
The members of the Wholey family would like to express their sincere appreciation for the personal comfort and care given to Doris by the staff of the D’Youville Senior Care Center.
WHOLEY - In Lowell, April 14, 2011, at D’Youville Senior Care, Doris G. (McKeon) Wholey, 87, of Lowell, wife of Joseph A. Wholey, Jr. Friends may call at the O’DONNELL FUNERAL HOME, 276 PAWTUCKET ST. at Fletcher from 3 to 7 P.M. on Tuesday. Her funeral will take place from the Funeral home on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock followed by a Funeral Mass to be celebrated at 11 o’clock at the Parish of Saint Rita Church, 158 Mammoth Rd., Lowell. Burial in St. Patrick Cemetery. Those wishing may make contributions in her memory to D’Youville Foundation, 981 Varnum Ave., Lowell, MA 01854 or the Cancer Research Foundation, Dept 366, PO Box 50226, Henderson, Nevada 89016-0226. E-condolences/Directions at www.odonnellfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by Funeral Directors James F. O'Donnell, Jr. and John W. Crane (978 or 866) 458-8768.
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