Rev. Michael F. Doocey - Of St. Patrick’s Manor, Framingham, formerly of Jamaica Plain and Newton, February 4, 2007. Loving son of the late Michael and Nora (Coughlin) Doocey. Devoted brother of the late Edward Doocey, Rita Gibbons, Anne Pelletier, Mary Holliday, John Doocey, Helen McLaughlin, Dorothy Brack and Alfred Doocey. Beloved uncle of many nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held at the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 1305 Highland Ave., NEEDHAM, on Wednesday from 4-8 PM. Rev. Doocey will be Lying in State in Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church, 270 Elliot St., Newton Upper Falls, on Thursday from 4-8 PM. Monsignor Frederick Murphy will be the Principal Celebrant at the funeral mass in Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church, Newton Upper Falls, Friday at 10:30 AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Needham. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Rev. Michael’s memory to St. Patrick’s Manor, 863 Central St., Framingham, MA 01701.
Rev. Doocey received his B.A. and his M. Ed. from Boston College. He then went on to the Savatolian Seminary in Wisconsin and St. John Seminary in Brighton. He was Ordained on Jan. 10, 1952 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, by Cardinal Richard J. Cushing. Rev. Doocey was the former Pastor of Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church, Newton from 1977-1994. Throughout the years his parochial assignments also included Immaculate Conception, Revere; Sacred Heart, Newton; St. Mary, Lynn and he was an Episcopal Vicar with the Newton Vicariate.