WEST BOYLSTON- Veronica T. (Slack) Kimball, 85, died Sat., Dec. 6 at Oakdale Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center. She was raised in Boylston, daughter of Thomas Slack and Gertrude Devaney. After high school Veronica began a career in the abrasives division of Norton Company where she worked for more than 40 years. She was an active member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church where she served as Eucharistic Minister and was a member of the Women’s Club. She was also a volunteer at the Calvary Retreat Center in Shrewsbury.
Veronica was predeceased by her husband Stephen; her sisters, Marie Angell and Marguerite Lemanski and four brothers, Peter, Bernard, Edward and Thomas Slack, Jr. She is survived by 28 nephews and nieces and numerous grand and great-grand nephews and nieces.
The funeral will be held Fri., Dec. 12 from FAY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, 1 West Boylston St. with a Mass at 11:00 AM in Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 111 Worcester St., West Boylston. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Boylston. A visiting hour will be held from 9:00-10:30 AM the morning of the funeral in the funeral home. In gratitude for the kind and compassionate care Veronica received over the past four years, the family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to Oakdale Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Home as a special Christmas fund for her caregivers. To place an online condolence please visit www.faybrothers.com