Kathleen M. McNamara Obituary
We are sad to announce that on August 21, 2025 we had to say goodbye to Kathleen M. McNamara of Waltham, Massachusetts, born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Galway and Mary Joyce (Mellett); her husband Ray; her son Thomas M. McNamara; her daughter-in-law Annemarie; her grandsons, Brian Cloherty and Rudy Zuccaro; her siblings, Mary Collins (Wally), AnnaMae Dougherty, Joseph Joyce, Eileen "Patsy" Duggan (Bill) and Thomas Joyce (Hannah); her brother-in-law Francis McNamara; and her cousin Margaret "Peggy" Sheehan (Ed).
She is survived by: her children, Kathleen M.'Kathi" McNamara of Plymouth, Maureen F. Zuccaro of Lexington and Daniel F. McNamara (Susan) of Lexington; her grandchildren, Thomas M.'T. J.' McNamara, Jr., Erin Nestor, Brendan Cloherty, Molly O'Donnell, Daniel Zuccaro, Paige, Timothy, Richard and Douglas McNamara; her great grandchildren, Logan and Landon Nestor; her sisters, Margaret "Peggy" Dolbeare of Franklin and Geraldine "Gerri" McCarthy (James) of Falmouth; and her sister-in-law Karin Joyce of Arlington. She is also survived by nieces, nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to 'Bedford VA', VA Bedford Healthcare System, CDCE (135), 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730 or to the Waltham Council on Aging, 488 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02452.
