Onset, MA: Melissa Rodimon Drake, 61, died on August 7, 2014 at the Toby Hospital, Wareham, MA after a short illness. She was born in Westfield, MA to William & Patricia Welch Rodimon on March 17, 1953. She graduated from Westfield High School in 1971 and attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine and graduated from Westfield State College. She received her Masters Degree at Bridgewater State College. Upon graduation, she became a guidance counselor and retired as an Assistant Principal in the Wareham School System in Wareham, MA. She was respected and well liked in her profession. Melissa loved to read and had many friends. She spent many summers at Higgins Beach, Scarborough, ME.
She was predeceased by her grandparents Clifford & Josephine Moriarty Welch and Walter & Gladys Rodimon and her father William Gibbons Rodimon. She is survived by her husband Laurence Whelan of Onset, MA and her mother Patricia Welch Rodimon of Scarborough, Maine; Aunt Charlotte King and Jack Carpenter of Granville and Richard King, Judith Furukawa King and Sarah King of Dubai; cousin Carol Vachon Wing and many Moriarty family cousins. Buriel will be private at a later date. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed.
