August 17, 2018
Wons, Eleanor P.
Eleanor Patricia(Burns) Wons, died Thursday, August 16, 2018 at her home in Dedham. She was 91. Eleanor was born September 18, 1926 in Somerville, Massachusetts the daughter of Patrick and Mary (Hunt) Burns, immigrants from Ireland. She was the last survivor, and youngest. of the twelve children of Patrick and Mary. Eleanor workd as a supervisor of New England Telephone and then Verizon for about 24 years until her retirement in 1983. She enjoyed bowling, and bowled in a league in her younger days, travelling with the St. Anne’s Senior Group, reading, and playing cards and games with her children and grandchildren. Big jackpots in Keno eluded her, but didn’t discourage her. Eleanor vacationed for many years on Collins Pond in Windham, Maine and even gathered the courage to try waterskiing there. She was the wife of the late Peter Wons Sr who predeceased her in 1982, and is survived by her two daughters, Kathleen Dies, and her husband Harding, of Norwalk, Connecticut, and Susan Wons of Dedham, and her late husband Michael Lowe; her three sons, Kevin Wons, and his wife Karen, of Fallston, Maryland, Peter Wons Jr., and his wife Jean, of Dover, New Hampshire, and Robert Wons, and his wife Patricia, of Bedford, New Hampshire; her eleven grandchildren, Erik, Andrew, Molly, Lauren, Meghan, Cara, Nicholas, Michael, Kevin, Kyle, and Olivia; and her great grandson, Eli. Visiting hours will be held from 10 to 11 am Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton Street, Dedham prior to the funeral service at 11 am in the funeral home. Interment will follow in Brookdale Cemetery in Dedham. In lieu of flowers donations to to Shultz’s Guest House (an animal rescue home), 13 Burgess Lane, Dedham, MA 02026 (online at sghrescue.org) would be appreciated.