Donald F. Weafer

Donald was born in Boston on December 31, 1921, the son of John and Eva Lord Weafer.  He was raised in Dorchester and graduated from English High School where he played shortstop on the baseball team, and Bentley College where he earned a degree in accounting.  Don was always very proud of his service as a Navy Aviator in World War II, flying primarily DC3 transports and PBYs in the South Pacific.  While stationed at Olathe Naval Station he met the love of his life, Eva Louise White.  They were married on January 13, 1946, and he brought her home to New England where they built a rich and rewarding life.   After being honorably discharged, he was hired by New England Telephone Company.  Donald worked for NET&T and AT&T for the next thirty-eight years, rising through various managerial levels in New York and Boston before retiring as Comptroller in 1984.  He also served as president of The Tax Executives Institute.  In his retirement, he and his wife Louise became avid travelers, touring many parts of the world including Europe and China  They vacationed many summers in Ocean Park, Maine where he remained the family’s best body surfer well into his seventies.  Don also became an accomplished golfer in his later years, adding that sport to his lifelong devotion to the Red Sox and the Celtics.  However, for all his accomplishments, he will be most remembered as the revered patriarch of a much loved family.

Family members include: a son, Donald Weafer Jr. and his wife, Catherine, of Brunswick, Maine;  a daughter, Patricia Weafer of Millis; a grandson Richard Weafer and his wife, Heather, of Bath, Maine; a grandson Donald Weafer III and his wife, Sarah, of Waterford, Maine;  a granddaughter Kimberly Weafer and her wife, Tiffany Willis, of Reading; a grandson, James Hart IV, of Millis; a granddaughter, Meghan Cranney and her husband, Gregory, of Auburn; and ten great grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his wife, Louise, who died in 2009;  his father and mother John and Eva Lord Weafer of Dorchester; a brother John and his wife Katherine of Dorchester, and a brother Edward and his wife Mary of Mattapan.

Visiting hours will be held Friday, Aug 16th from 5 to 8 PM at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street (Route 109), Westwood.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend Don’s funeral Saturday at 10 ‘o clock at the funeral home followed by burial with military honors in New Westwood Cemetery, Westwood, MA.  In lieu of flowers donations may be made in his memory to the Wounded Warrior Project; PO Box 758517; Topeka, KS  66675.