Obituaries

Catherine T. (Slyne) Bloomer of Quincy passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2011 at age 87. Born in Boston where she was raised and educated, she lived most of her life in Quincy and had worked as a keypunch operator for A & P Supermarkets. The beloved wife of the late Quentin E. Bloomer, Catherine was the loving mother William E. Bloomer and his wife Roberta of Quincy, Mary A. Shields and her husband Peter of Natick, Barbara E. Delia and her husband Anthony of Fairfield, CT and Robert F. Bloomer and his wife Anne of Hanover, was the sister of the late Mary Raney and Helen Conlon and is also survived by 16 grandchildren.

A visiting hour will be held on Saturday, September 10 at 9:00am at the Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home 74 Elm St. Quincy Center, immediately followed by a Funeral Mass at 10:00am at Sacred Heart Church, Weymouth Landing. Family and friends are invited. Burial will be at Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Catherine’s memory may be made to St. Boniface Haiti Foundation, 400 No. Main St. Randolph, MA 02368.