Walter Everett Dartley, Jr.
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle;
Walter Everett Dartley Jr., 81, passed away peacefully in the company of his family on Thursday, March 28, 2019.
Born and raised in College Point and Bayside, Queens, New York, Walter spent much of his life devoted to the cause of the Society of St Vincent dePaul and was an avid collector of many interesting things including logo golf balls and pens.
A proud veteran Sergeant in the US Army, serving in the Military Police, the phrase “shave, shower and shine” was his motto.
Walter was a marketing representative for both Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Fallon Community Health Plan for 30 years.
Walter enjoyed cribbage, poker, and golf and was a member of the Campbell Division 19 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
He was an active member of the Immaculate Conception Church. In addition to St Vincent dePaul, Walter was an usher and member of the Nocturnal Adoration Society, the Holy Name Society and the Oblate Mission Guild.
Walter is survived by his wife Patricia, on whom he doted, and his daughter Maura Dartley-Rocco, son-in-law Todd Rocco and granddaughters Caitríona and Céire Rocco as well as his sister Margaret H. St. Peter, niece Patricia M. (Jeffrey) Doherty, nephew Gerald W. (Jamie) St. Peter, sisters and brothers-in-law Eleana T. Brennan, Edward J. (Paulette) Brennan, and Thomas W. (Suzanne) Brennan; nieces and nephews, Mary Anna Brennan, Ellen (John) Spoehr, Joseph (Amy) Brennan, Jonathan Brennan, Martina (Richard Hanrahan) Brennan, Bridget (Richard Moon) Brennan, Kathleen Brennan, Alicia (Edward) Swiatek and Edward Brennan as well as many cherished grand-nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his mother, Mary Carlotta (Dowling) Dartley, his father, Walter E. Dartley Sr., his brother-in-law Gerald R. St. Peter and niece Ann Margaret Carey.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Mass to be celebrated Tuesday morning at the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH in LOWELL at 11 o’clock followed by burial at St. Mary Cemetery in Tewksbury. There will be no calling hours. E-condolences/directions at www.odonnellfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the St Vincent dePaul Society of the Immaculate Conception Church, 3 Fayette Street, Lowell MA 01852 or EC Week, Camp Fatima 32 Fatima Rd., Gilmanton, NH 03837 or ecweek.org. Arrangements by Funeral Director James F. O’Donnell, Jr. (978) 458-8768.
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