Patricia T. Oakes

Patricia Theresa (Mercier) Oakes, a longtime resident of Hyde Park, died Friday, March 11, 2022 at Newbridge on the Charles in Dedham. She was 96. Patricia was born February 1, 1926 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the daughter of Joseph and Alexina (Gaudette) Mercier. She trained as a nurse for three years at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester from where she graduated in 1946, and worked at the Jamaica Plain Veterans Administration, and the Rutland Veteran’s Facility before stepping out on her own to do private nursing duty for shut-ins. She was a proud member of the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Patricia was the wife of the late Walter J. Oakes, and the sister of the late Andrew Mercier, and the late Joseph Mercier. She is survived by her son, Thomas Oakes of Weymouth; her daughter, Nancy Ellen Oakes of Cambridge; and her granddaughter, Savanna Walsh of Brighton. Visiting hours will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2022 from 8:30 to 10:30 am at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton Street, Dedham, MA 02026 followed by her Funeral Mass in Most Precious Blood Church, 25 Maple Street, Hyde Park. Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury.