Mary Jane "M.J." Wakefield, 77, of Duxbury, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in the city of Boston, after a long illness. M.J. was born in Cook County, Ill., January 9, 1942, to Kenneth and Ruth Graves Wakefield.
She attended Milton Academy and graduated from the Dana Hall School before attending Colorado Women's College. She was an alumna of Dana Hall School and New England Baptist Hospital's School of Nursing. As a Captain, Mary Jane served in the Armed Forces of the United States as an Army nurse during the Vietnam War.
She was also a Chaplain for the American Legion, and an active contributor to the historical society.
M.J. was best known to all for her witty humor and generous service. M.J. made friends easily wherever she went, there was nothing she liked better than an interesting conversation with friends new and old.
Daughter of Ruth and Kenneth Wakefield, proprietors of the Toll House Restaurant, M.J.'s mother Ruth was the inventor of the Toll House Cookie. She was predeceased by her brother, Kenneth Donald Wakefield Jr. She will be greatly missed by beloved friends; and second cousins.
Burial at Mayflower Cemetery.
Published in The Patriot Ledger on Mar. 12, 2019
She attended Milton Academy and graduated from the Dana Hall School before attending Colorado Women's College. She was an alumna of Dana Hall School and New England Baptist Hospital's School of Nursing. As a Captain, Mary Jane served in the Armed Forces of the United States as an Army nurse during the Vietnam War.
She was also a Chaplain for the American Legion, and an active contributor to the historical society.
M.J. was best known to all for her witty humor and generous service. M.J. made friends easily wherever she went, there was nothing she liked better than an interesting conversation with friends new and old.
Daughter of Ruth and Kenneth Wakefield, proprietors of the Toll House Restaurant, M.J.'s mother Ruth was the inventor of the Toll House Cookie. She was predeceased by her brother, Kenneth Donald Wakefield Jr. She will be greatly missed by beloved friends; and second cousins.
Burial at Mayflower Cemetery.
Published in The Patriot Ledger on Mar. 12, 2019
Mary Jane "M.J." Wakefield, 77, of Duxbury, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in the city of Boston, after a long illness. M.J. was born in Cook County, Ill., January 9, 1942, to Kenneth and Ruth Graves Wakefield.
She attended Milton Academy and graduated from the Dana Hall School before attending Colorado Women's College. She was an alumna of Dana Hall School and New England Baptist Hospital's School of Nursing. As a Captain, Mary Jane served in the Armed Forces of the United States as an Army nurse during the Vietnam War.
She was also a Chaplain for the American Legion, and an active contributor to the historical society.
M.J. was best known to all for her witty humor and generous service. M.J. made friends easily wherever she went, there was nothing she liked better than an interesting conversation with friends new and old.
Daughter of Ruth and Kenneth Wakefield, proprietors of the Toll House Restaurant, M.J.'s mother Ruth was the inventor of the Toll House Cookie. She was predeceased by her brother, Kenneth Donald Wakefield Jr. She will be greatly missed by beloved friends; and second cousins.
Burial at Mayflower Cemetery.
Published in The Patriot Ledger on Mar. 12, 2019
She attended Milton Academy and graduated from the Dana Hall School before attending Colorado Women's College. She was an alumna of Dana Hall School and New England Baptist Hospital's School of Nursing. As a Captain, Mary Jane served in the Armed Forces of the United States as an Army nurse during the Vietnam War.
She was also a Chaplain for the American Legion, and an active contributor to the historical society.
M.J. was best known to all for her witty humor and generous service. M.J. made friends easily wherever she went, there was nothing she liked better than an interesting conversation with friends new and old.
Daughter of Ruth and Kenneth Wakefield, proprietors of the Toll House Restaurant, M.J.'s mother Ruth was the inventor of the Toll House Cookie. She was predeceased by her brother, Kenneth Donald Wakefield Jr. She will be greatly missed by beloved friends; and second cousins.
Burial at Mayflower Cemetery.
Published in The Patriot Ledger on Mar. 12, 2019
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