JENNINGS,Jr. JOHN (Joe) JOSEPH, 81, on October 13 originally of Portland, Maine & formerly of Jamaica Plain & West Roxbury. Beloved husband of 57 years of wife, Mary (Lawless) Jennings. Beloved father of Joan Cushman & husband Robert of West Roxbury, John Jennings & his wife Maureen of Foxboro, Brian Jennings & wife Lorraine of Arlington, Katherine Jennings (Kit Harris) of West Roxbury, Timothy Jennings & wife Patricia Mullen of Hull, Maura Jennings Heafey & husband Daniel of West Roxbury (Peabody) , James Jennings & wife April of York, ME, Sarah (Sally) Jennings of West Palm Beach, Florida, & Amy Glasser & husband Shane of West Roxbury. Beloved brother of the late Mary Vaughan of Durham, NH. Dearly loved grandfather of Jennifer, Lisa (Daly), & Sarah Cushman, John (JJ) & Jared Jennings, Brian & Michael Jennings, Lauren & Dennis Harris, Anne, James, Neil & Thomas Jennings, Heather, Michael, Daniel Heafey,Brandon & Kasia Sierra, & Grace & Aidan Glasser. Funeral from the William J. Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Centre St., West Roxbury on Tuesday Oct. 17 at 9am, followed by a funeral mass in St. Theresa of Avila Church at 10 o’clock. Visiting hours Monday 3-8 pm. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Services will conclude with interment at St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury.Decorated Veteran U. S. Navy & Signal –man on LST in the South Pacific, WW II. Retiree of Western Electric/ATT in Watertown, MA.