Pauline M. Holt, 88
Dateline: Mansfield, MA
Pauline M. (Reynolds) Holt, age 88, a lifelong resident of Mansfield, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, February 5, 2023. She was the beloved wife and best friend of Robert T. Holt, to whom she was wed for sixty-seven years.
Born in Attleboro, MA on May 7, 1934, she was a loving daughter of the late William H. Reynolds, Sr. and Hazel (Smith) Reynolds-Guild.
Pauline grew up in Mansfield, was a 1952 graduate of Mansfield High School and attended Stone Hill College. She previously worked as an office manager at the former Mansfield Machinery Company in Mansfield, a business established and successfully owned and operated by her family.
A communicant of Saint Mary’s Church in Mansfield, Pauline proudly served as a member of the Catholic Women’s Club. Never separated from her husband Bob, Pauline treasured the times spent with her adoring family, especially the lifelong memories created at their home on Mashnee Island in Bourne.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her devoted daughters: Lynn McNatt and her husband Kevin of Mansfield and Cynthia Lawrence and her late husband William, Jr. of Mansfield, She was the cherished grandmother of Robert “Robby” Lawrence of Mansfield. She was the dear sister of William Reynolds, Jr. and his wife Patricia of Wareham and is also survived by her loving nieces and nephews, as well as by her treasured grand dog “Tray”.
A graveside funeral service will take place privately at Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Mansfield.
Visiting hours are omitted and those wishing may remember Pauline with a donation in her memory made to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Sherman & Jackson Funeral Home, 55 North Main Street, Mansfield.
To send her family a message of condolence, please visit www.shermanjackson.com