Obituaries

Jane E. Mackay-Wright

jane wright013LONGMEADOW – Jane Elizabeth MacKay-Wright, suddenly passed away, Monday April 7, 2014 at home. She was the beloved daughter of John J. MacKay and the late Anne E. (McDonough) MacKay. Jane attended school in Westfield, graduating from St. Mary’s High School in 1966. She graduated from Bay Path College in Longmeadow.
After graduation she worked at Yale New Haven Hospital. Jane went on to work on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC for many years. Jane was predeceased by her husband, Wilfred D. Wright. They shared their love of traveling by taking several trips to the British Isles. Jane was an avid reader and closely followed politics.
She leaves her father, John J. MacKay of Holyoke and formerly of Westfield; her sisters, Susan M. Regensburger and her husband Michael of Westfield, Ellen M. McEwan and her husband Philip R. of Westfield, Betsy Crupi and her husband Robert of Scituate, MA and JoAnne Di Bella and her husband Michael of Sutton, MA. She was predeceased by her nephew, Christopher. She leaves her nieces and nephews Emily, Maura, Brian, Kathleen, Bridgid, Courtney, Jennings, Matthew and Robert, Rachael, Nicholas, William, Walker, Anne and Anthony.
A funeral Mass for Jane will be held on Friday, April 11th at 11:00 a.m. in St. Mary’s Church, Bartlett Street, Westfield. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Calling hours will be held prior to the funeral Friday morning at the Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield from 9:00-10:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Sisters of St. Joseph Retirement Fund, 34 Lower Westfield Road, Holyoke, MA 01040 or Chalice of Salvation c/o Terrance Scanlon P.O. Box 1730, Springfield, MA 01102-1730.
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