Kathleen (Cerro) Kapsis,of Canton, died Wednesday morning, June 15, 2011 at the Highgate Manor in Dedham at the age of 93.
Born in Hallowell, Maine the daughter of the late Peter and Frances (Walsh) Cerro, she was raised and educated in Quincy where she had resided until moving to Canton over 60 years ago.
As a young woman during the War Years she had worked at the Fore River Quincy Shipyard.
For over 20 years Mrs. Kapsis had been employed by the Canton Public School System working in the Cafeteria at Canton High School.
She enjoyed spending time at the Canton Senior Center, she was an active walker who enjoyed spending time in her yard gardening, knitting and reading.
She was predeceased by her husband, Harold I. Kapsis, her sisters, Mary Derosier, Isabel Mackey and Frances Cerro and her brothers, Peter, Daniel and Raymond Cerro.
Mrs. Kapsis is survived by her daughters, Francine Strother and her husband, George of Wasilla, Alaska and Trudy Black and her husband, Joseph, her grandchildren, George Strother, Claire Sanders, Kathleen Black, Airman Samuel Black, USAF, and Kelly Rose Black and her great grandson, David Sanders. She is also survived by her many nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Funeral Services in Celebration of Kathleen's Life at the Roache - Pushard Family Home for Funerals, 210 Sherman Street, Canton, on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial at Saint John the Evangelist Church at 10 a.m. Visiting hours will be held at the funeral home of Saturday morning prior to Mass from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the Canton Senior Center, c/o Canton Council on Aging, 660 Washington Street, P.O. Box 54, Canton, Ma 02021.