Link for Deborah Anderson’s memorial service on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 11:00am: vimeo.com/1065940734
Deborah Ann (Shanley) Anderson, age 72, of Natick, MA, beloved mother of Lauren Elizabeth Anderson of Santa Monica, CA and the late Charles Raymond Anderson of Dover, MA, died Sunday, March 2, 2025 in Boston, MA. Deborah was born in Bridgeport, CT, the daughter of the late Raymond and Elvira Shanley. Deborah received her undergraduate degree from Emmanuel College, Juris Doctorate from Boston College Law School, and Masters Degree in Taxation from Boston University. Deborah began her legal career at the law offices of Murphy, Hesse, Toomey and Lehane in Braintree, MA. For the past 20 years, Deborah served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Fair Labor Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General's office. Deborah raised her beloved son and daughter in Dover, MA where she also served the non-profits Dover Foundation and Open Fields and the non-profit Turtle Lane Playhouse in Newton. She contributed substantially as a highly skilled seamstress to those organizations and their local theater productions by creating and tailoring scores of actors’ costumes that drew great praise from the Dover and Newton audiences. Additional survivors include her brother Shaun Shanley and wife Sharon, of Monroe, CT, sister Kathleen Packer and husband James of Trumbull, CT, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother Kevin Shanley of Buckeye, AZ.
There will be a celebration of Deborah's wonderful life on Friday, March 14th at 11AM at the First Parish Church in Weston, 349 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA. Reception following. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to www.musicwithheartboston.org on their website.
Link for Deborah Anderson’s memorial service on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 11:00am: vimeo.com/1065940734