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CAROL BURNS Obituary

BURNS, Carol A. Age 81, of Wellesley and Dedham, devoted mom and nana passed away, May 12, 2025, after a long illness. Raised in Worcester, as the beloved daughter of Irish and Canadian immigrants, Kitty and Jack MacDonald, she held a lifelong love of her extended family. She rarely met someone should wouldn't later call a friend, and was blessed to have a rich life of friendships made throughout her life. She would count people from childhood, nursing school, her Wellesley neighborhood, rugby contacts, various coworkers, and later the many people who lovingly helped her in her aging as friends who she treasured even as memories faded. She was predeceased by her husband of 52 years, Tim; and is survived by her son, Craig and daughter-in-law, Lynn; and her grandchildren, Jack and Katie who were the joys of her life. Memorial Service will be held in the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St., WELLESLEY, on Friday, August 1, at 2pm. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 1:00-2:00. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Reception will follow service. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Carol's memory to The Boston Globe Foundation, c/o Globe Santa, P.O. Box 491, Medford, MA 02155. For online guestbook, gfdoherty.com George F. Doherty & Sons Wellesley 781 235 4100

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Published by Boston Globe from Jun. 20 to Jun. 22, 2025.

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Curtis Martin

June 21, 2025

Carol and her husband Tim were our next-door neighbors starting the day we moved Wellesley forty six years ago. They made us feel welcome from that day on. Carol was outgoing (to put it mildly), energetic (to put it mildly; we used to count the number of times in an hour that she would leave and return in her car), intelligent, caring, funny. Every year Carol used to rib my wife, who was younger by a few days, until her birthday when they again became "the same age." She loved her house and would be very sad to to learn that it is no more.

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