Mary Angela Connell

Braintree Mary Angela (Graglia) Connell, 92 years of age of Braintree formerly of Weymouth and Dorchester passed away Saturday evening at the South Shore Hospital. She was born in Boston, daughter of the late Colombo and Angelina Graglia. She received her education at the Roxbury Memorial High School and the Burroughs Business School. She was a former communicant of St. Peters Church in Dorchester and more recently of St. Albert the Great Parish in Weymouth. She was a former secretary of the Dorchester Historical Society, past president of the Home and School Association in Boston and former secretary of the Dorchester Women's Club. She was adept at cooking and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She was the wife of the late William P. Connell who died in 1972. She is survived by two daughters, Mary Angela Malkasian, married to John Malkasian of Colchester CT. and Ellie M. Richards married to George M. Richards of Braintree. She is the loving grandmother of Greg and Andy Richards of Braintree and William and Andrea Malkasian of Colchester, CT. She is also survived by two nieces, Judy McDonald of CT and Phyllis Graglia of Florida. She was the sister of the late Albert Graglia. Funeral from the Mortimer N. Peck Russell Peck Funeral Home, 516 Washington St., BRAINTREE, on Thursday at 8:00 am. Funeral Mass at the Church of St. Albert the Great, 1140 Washington St., Weymouth, at 9 am. The Reverend Father Laurence J. Borges, pastor of the church will be the celebrant. Visiting hours will be Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. at the funeral home. The burial will be at Mount Benedict Cemetery Boston following the Funeral Mass. Memorial donations may be sent to St. Albert the Great Parish, 1140 Washington St., Weymouth, MA 02189 or to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.