Theresa J. Bailey

ROCKLAND Ms. Theresa J. Bailey, 80 a lifelong resident of Rockland died at home on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. The daughter of the late Thomas and Hannah (Driscoll) Bailey, she was born in Rockland on August 2, 1927. She was a 1945 graduate of Rockland High School. Ms. Bailey was elected Assistant Treasurer at Rockland Trust Company in 1965, the first woman to hold an officers position at the bank. She was a former member of the Board of Directors at Rockland Trust and was made an Honorary Director in 1979. She retired in 1992 as the Senior Vice President and Clerk. She is survived by 1 sister, Margaret Bradley of Madison CT, nieces and nephews, Mary Miller of Easton, Richard Driscoll of Derry NH, Thomas F. Bailey, III of Kingston, Marie Bovim of Oakton VA, James F. Bailey of Denver CO, Johanna Braden of Arlington VA, John J. Bailey, Jr. of Worcester, Susan Bailey of Rockland, Steven Bailey of Hanover, Daniel Bailey of Rockland, Robert Bailey of Rockland and Peter Bailey of East Bridgewater. Also survived by several grandnieces and grandnephews. She was the sister of the late Thomas F. Bailey, Sr., John J. Bailey, Helen Bailey Kimball, Katherine A. Driscoll and Mary A. Bailey. Funeral Mass on Friday at 9 a.m. in Holy Family Church, 403 Union St. in Rockland. Interment in Holy Family Cemetery. Visiting hours in the Sullivan Funeral Home, 45 East Water St. in ROCKLAND on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Old Colony Hospice, 1 Credit Union Way, Randolph MA 02368 or to the Bailey Family Scholarship Fund at Cardinal Cushing High School, 738 Court St., Brockton MA 02302. For directions and a online guest book, visit SullivanFuneralHomes.com 781-878-0920 Family Owned Since 1897