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ANN ABELY obituary, Norwood, MA

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Gillooly Funeral Home

126 Walpole Street

Norwood, Massachusetts

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Nov. 22, 2025

9:00 a.m.

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ANN ABELY Obituary

ABELY, Ann (McGovern) Age 93, of Wallingford, CT, and formerly of Norwood, passed away peacefully, on Saturday, November 15, 2025. Born in Norwood, she was the daughter of the late Terrence and Ann (Lenox) McGovern. Ann was a graduate of Norwood High School with the class of 1950. She was married to Richard Abely at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in 1956. Richard passed away in 2001. Ann worked as a bookkeeper throughout her life and retired in 2004, as controller of H. Pearce Realtors. Ann was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Abely; and the devoted mother of Stephen and his wife, Denise, Jim and his wife, Stacey, Brian and his wife, Charleen, Chris and his wife, Dawn. She was the proud grandmother of Mathew, Nathan, Therese, Richard, Janet, Andrew, Dylan, Tyler, Mckenzie and Sasha, and the late Colter and John. She was the great-grandmother of Olivia, Eric, Liam, Max, Adora, Henry, Caroline and Madaline. Funeral from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole Street (Rt. 1A), NORWOOD, on Saturday, November 22, at 9 AM. Funeral Mass in St. Catherine of Siena Parish at 10 AM. Interment Highland Cemetery, Norwood. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Ann's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude’s Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Gillooly Funeral Home Norwood (781)-762-0174 www.GilloolyFuneralHome.com

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Published by Boston Globe from Nov. 18 to Nov. 19, 2025.

Memorial Events
for ANN ABELY

Nov

22

Visitation

9:00 a.m.

Gillooly Funeral Home

126 Walpole Street, Norwood, MA 02062

Nov

22

Funeral Mass

10:00 a.m.

Saint Catherine of Siena Parish

547 Washington Street, Norwood, MA 02062

Nov

22

Interment

Highland Cemetery

320 Winter Street, Norwood, MA 02062

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Gillooly Funeral Home

126 Walpole Street, Norwood, MA 02062

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