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Jean Walsh Obituary
Jean M. Walsh, 92, of Braintree, MA, passed away March 5, 2022 at the Berkeley Retirement and Nursing Center in Lawrence, MA after a brief illness. She grew up in Everett, MA the daughter of the late Clementina (Zuretti) and Carlo Foppiano.
She was the former owner and manager of Excel Cake Bakery in Roxbury, MA. Jean lived in Braintree MA from 1960 until she moved to the Berkeley Retirement and Nursing Center in November 2019. Jean loved roller and ice skating and spending time with her family and friends. She was the life of the party and always the last one to leave the dance floor.
Jean was able to live on her own for many years after her husband Frank passed and because of the generosity of her close family friends and neighbors. Jean’s family wants to thank all friends for taking such good care of her, especially the fantastic staff at the Berkeley Retirement and Nursing Center for giving her loving care and always looking out for her best interest. Jean will be deeply missed by her nephews, nieces and friends.
She was predeceased by her husband, Frank P. Walsh, and her siblings, Marie Chetwynde, Ruth Penfield, Charles Fopiano and Richard Foppiano.
There are no public services. In lieu of flowers donations are recommended to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
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Gail Goodwin
March 15, 2022
Jean was so kind to my family growing up in Roxbury rest in peace gail wright goodwin
Fern & Anthony Mancuso
March 10, 2022
Jean you will be missed. You were a great friend and neighbor. Rest in peace
Leslie MacDonald
March 9, 2022
Jean was such a wonderful person. We have missed her in the neighborhood.
Bonnie Erickson
March 9, 2022
I am so sorry for your loss, Jean was a very kind and thoughtful person.
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John Ferretti
March 8, 2022
Jean loved and was loved by everyone who came in contact with her. She was an extremely generous person who readily shared what she had with everyone who needed help. She would stop to hand over a few bucks to strangers on the street because she cared about people, friends and family. Jean was a great wife to her husband Frank until he passed. She was a significant influence in my life and always believed in me and the rest of her nieces and nephews. Her glass was always half full. I will miss her severely and never forget her the rest of my life. I will try to be the good person that she was and try to emulate her ability to forgive and forget. I'm so fortunate to have had her as an aunt. She was the best.
Douglas Foppiano
March 8, 2022
Aunt Jean was a special Aunt that will be missed very much. All are reunited in Heaven. The Foppiano legacy.
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