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William was the husband of the late Eleanor F. (Corrigan) Flanagan, who died in 2005.
He was born in Boston, attended Boston Public Schools and Massachusetts Military Academy, and was a member of the Massachusetts National Guard.
In 1938 William joined the Massachusetts State Police and was stationed at the South Yarmouth and Camp Edwards barracks.
During WWII he served as a captain in the U.S. Army and was in the Pacific theater.
He returned to the state police before entering the Barnstable Police Department in 1950, later serving as deputy chief until his retirement in 1975.
Mr. Flanagan was a daily communicant of St. Francis Xavier Church.
He is survived by his eight children, Patricia Mary Flanagan, Adm. William J. Flanagan Jr. (USN Ret.), Kathleen McDonald, John J. Flanagan, Peter A. Flanagan, Mary Margaret Flanagan, Anne Lauterbach and Joseph M. Flanagan; 11 grandchildren; and a sister, Dorothy Jewel.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Francis Xavier Church, South Street, Hyannis, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 10 a.m.
Burial in Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit.
Memorials in his name may be made to St. Vincent DePaul Society, Cross Street, Hyannis, MA, 02601.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Cyndi (McNaughton)Rausch & Joe Rausch
October 3, 2007
Pat and Family,
Please know that our prayers are with all of you at this most difficult time.
Ed and Penny Deveney
October 2, 2007
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Dennis Nixon
October 2, 2007
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Donna Silva
October 1, 2007
Dear Anne and Pat and the family: May peace and comfort find you during this very difficult time. His life was rich and full because of all of you. You are in our prayers. God Bless You.
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John O'Hara
October 1, 2007
Great memories of my Uncle Bud. Riding around in the car and using the siren. Going to Otis AFB and seeing Air Force One when President Kennedy would come home to Hyannis. Great memories of a truly great man and a charter member of the "greatest generation." My thoughts and prayers go out to all of my cousins. Let us never forget those who have come before us.
JUDIE SCOFIELD
October 1, 2007
MY SYMPATHY TO ALL OF THE FLANAGAN FAMILY. OUR FAMILY GREW UP WITH ALL OF YOU IN HYANNIS AND SHARED SOME WONDERFUL TIMES WITH YOUR DAD AND MOM. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU.
JUDIE (BARROWS) SCOFIELD
Mary Silva
October 1, 2007
To all the Flanagan family-My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
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