Wallace, Jessie (Young) of Wellesley, 91, October 8, 2016. She leaves her husband David H. Wallace, a sister Joyce Young Stahl of Charlestown, RI, a brother Arden Squire Young of Binghamton, NY, a sister-in-law Deborah Wallace of Lincoln, MA and ten nieces and nephews and their spouses and children, all of whom will miss her.
Jessie was born in Otis, Maine, the daughter of the late Harriet Annie Dyer (Young) and Daniel Ginn Young, and grew up in Ellsworth, Maine. Following high school she continued her education in Cambridge, MA to become a secretary and then a medical secretary, and gave many years of faithful and appreciated service at Boston Children’s Hospital as an office manager in the radiology and surgical services.
She was an accomplished vegetable gardener, and also enjoyed running, walking, travel, bowling, reading, square dancing and knitting. She knitted and donated many hats and prayer shawls. She was a member of the Wellesley Village Congregational Church in Wellesley, MA and was an annual bell ringer for the Salvation Army.
A graveside prayer service will be held at 1:00PM on Saturday October 15, 2016 at the Woodlawn Cemetery, 148 Brook St. in Wellesley. Jessie may be remembered with donations to the Stanley Tippett Hospice Home, 920 South St. Needham, MA 02492 or to another charity of one's choice.