Susan Lowell Wales Dineen

Of Nahant, age 76, passed away on Wednesday, August 13 after a long illness. The daughter of the late Ralph and Charlotte (Loring) Lowell, Mrs. Dineen grew up in Westwood, Massachusetts on Sunrise Farm where, among other things, she developed her equestrian skills and great love of the outdoors. Mrs. Dineen also had lifelong ties to Nahant. As a child, she spent summers in the town at her family's summer residence. She attended the Winsor School and Vasaar College and she received a Masters Degree in Education from Cambridge College. A gifted music and theater teacher, Mrs. Dineen taught at Pine Hill School in Westwood, the Dedham Country Day School in Dedham, the Sanford School in Hockessin, Delaware and the Waring School in Beverly. She wrote and directed numerous original musicals for elementary school-aged children. Throughout her life, Mrs. Dineen had a special passion for horticulture. She was a founding member of the Fox Hill Garden Club in Westwood and the primary creative force behind the Club's annual presentations at the New England Spring Flower Show during the 1960's and 1970's. Wherever she lived, she created impressive flower gardens. When Mrs. Dineen moved to Nahant in 1983, she brought her musical expertise with her. She became the Choral Director of the Nahant Villiage Church and led "The Bats in the Belfry," a choral group for the elderly sponsored by the Greater Lynn Council of Churches. Mrs. Dineen married John Dineen in 1986. Before she became ill, they traveled regularly to Dingle, Ireland and spent their time at their Maine residence at Westways on Kezar Lake in Center Lovell. Above all, they sustained their strong attachment to Nahant. Even as her health deteriorated, Mrs. Dineen could be found each morning in her home seated in the "Egg Rock Room," comforted by the beautiful view of this local landmark and surrounding Atlantic Ocean. Mrs. Dineen is survived by her husband John, her sisters Emlen Wheeler of Westwood and Lucy Grimm of Nahant, her brothers John Lowell of Nahant, Ralph Lowell of Edgartown and Jim Lowell of Wrentham, and her three sons and their families including five grandchildren: Ted Wales and his wife Grace Murphy of Lexington, Ralph and Martha Wales and their children Susannah, Meghan, and Elisabeth of Providence, RI, and Andrew and Barbara Wales and their children Rebecca and Andrew of Newton. Burial will be private. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to a memorial service in Nahant Village Church on Tuesday, August 26 at 10:00 A.M. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Susan Lowell Wales Dineen Scholarship Fund at Cambridge College, 1000 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, The Susan Lowell Wales Dineen Fund for the Arts at the Dedham Country Day School, 90 Sandy Valley Road, Dedham, MA 02026, the Nahant Public Library, or the Nahant Village Church. Arrangements are by Solimine, Landergan and Richardson Funeral Home, 67 Ocean St. Lynn. Directions and guestbook at www.solimine.com.