Conrad Stanley Fenick

BRAINTREE Conrad Stanley Fenick, 75 years of age, passed away at the Milton Hospital on Wednesday, November 26, 2008, following a brief illness. He was born at Meriden, Connecticut and was raised in Wallingford, CT, where he graduated from Lyman Hall high school. He subsequently received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Michigan in Mechanical Engineering. He later received a Master's Degree in Education from Northeastern University, Boston. He served in Korea with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. For a number of years he taught at the Norwood High School instructing students in drafting and mechanical drawing. He then worked as a Mechanical Engineer from 1980 until his retirement in 1992. He was employed by the Carleton Manufacturing Company at Central Falls, RI, from 1980 to 1985. From 1985 to 1992 he was employed by the Textron Defense System at Wilmington, MA. Conrad was a communicant of the Church of Saint Thomas More in Braintree. He served as a Braintree Town Meeting member for ten years before the change in the form of government. He enjoyed doing research and spending time reading at The Thayer Public Library in Braintree. Conrad is survived by his loving wife Dorothy H. (Lawlor) Fenick. They resided in Braintree for forty years and formerly lived in Quincy. He is the devoted father of Deirdre A. Fenick of South Boston and Elizabeth Ann Fenick and her close friend Anthony Santapaola of Medford. He is the brother of Carol Mihaler of Wallingford, CT, and the late Michael Fenick. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at the Church of Saint Thomas More, Elm St. and Hawthorn Road, BRAINTREE on Tuesday, December 2nd at 9:00 a.m. The Reverend James McCarthy pastor of the Church will be the celebrant. Burial will follow at Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree. Relatives and friends are invited. There will be a gathering at the funeral home Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. prior to the departure for the Church. Visiting hours will be at the Mortimer N. Peck - Russell Peck Funeral Home, 516 Washington St., BRAINTREE, Monday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Memorial donations may be sent to either The Friends of the Thayer Public Library, 798 Washington St., Braintree, MA 02184 or to the Milton Hospital, 92 Highland Avenue, Milton, MA 02186.