Mary E. Frulla, 85, of Richmond Ave. in Lee, died Tuesday at her home with her family at her side. She was born on August 8, 1929 the daughter of James and Helen Purcell Sheehan. She was raised in Somerville, MA, and graduated from St. Clements High School and Leslie College in Cambridge. After graduation she taught in the Malden and Whitman Schools and after moving to Lee in the 1950s taught Kindergarten in the Lee Schools. In the late 1960s thru the 1970s she and her friend Marg Driscoll operated Prospect Hill Nursery School in Lee. She was a communicant of St. Mary's Church where she volunteered for various activities and was a member of its Adoration Society. Mary's husband George E. Frulla whom she married July 18, 1953 died June 19, 2007. She leaves one son David M. Frulla of Darien CT and Lee; two daughters Andrea O'Shaughnessy and her husband James of Medfield, MA and Laura Annand and her husband Scott of Hollis, NH; seven grandchildren Ryan, Emily, Sarah, Paul, Jennifer, Christopher and Monica. She was predeceased by a son James E. Frulla and her brother James Sheehan. The Funeral for Mary E. Frulla will be held on Friday morning January 9th at 11 AM at St. Mary's Church in Lee with a Liturgy of Christian Burial celebrated by the pastor the Rev. Jack K. Sheaffer. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery. Visiting hours at the Kelly Funeral Home will be on Friday morning from 9:30 until 10:30. Friends wishing may make donations to Hospice Care in the Berkshires in care of the Kelly Funeral Home 3 Main St. Lee, MA 01238.

Visitation Details

Friday, January 9th, 2015 9:30am - 10:30am, Kelly Funeral Home

Service Details

Friday, January 9th, 2015 11:00am, St. Mary's Church

Interment Details

St. Mary's Cemetery