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Frederick Thoms Obituary

Of Watertown, July 6. Loving father of Dana V. & his wife Kelly of Billerica, Jason M. & his wife Kelly of Weare, N.H. and Joanna R. & her husband Christopher Prentice of Nashua, N.H. Devoted son of Frederick A. and the late Mary C. (Kelly) Thoms of Watertown. Dear brother of Carol A. Galvin of Waltham, Kathleen M. Brennan of Ashland & David G. Thoms of Somerville. Loving grandfather of Ian Thoms & Lilyana Prentice. Also survived by his former wife Lois Thoms. Funeral from the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home in WATERTOWN SQUARE at 6 Riverside St. (cnr. of No. Beacon St.) Watertown on Friday at 8:00 A.M. followed by a Funeral Mass at 9:00 o'clock in the Church of St. Patrick, 212 Main Street, Watertown. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment Ridgelawn Cemetery. Visiting hours Thursday 4-8 PM. Contributions made in his memory to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA 02445, attn: Contributions Services 6 Fl., would be appreciated. Funeral Home handicapped accessible. For further info, please refer to MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald www.macdonaldrockwell.com

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Published by Boston Globe on Jul. 8, 2008.

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