Obituary of Doris Handy

Doris Jeanette Fralic Handy passed away on November 12, 2009, at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, after a joyful life that enriched her family, friends, community and the larger purposes of faith and service that guided her over 94 years. She was born in Lynn, Massachusetts to the late Walter and Mildred Fralic. She married her beloved husband, the late Dr. Everett L. Handy, on January 1, 1940. Mrs. Handy was a teacher throughout her life beginning in Harvard, MA, following graduation from Boston University and in Falmouth, MA, where she was hired by Dr. Handy. She taught Latin and French in the Marshfield school system until her retirement. In addition, she was an honored member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority. As a long-time member of St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in Duxbury, she was active and a leader in every facet of church activity from St. John’s Guild to selection committees to the choir. Mrs. Handy moved to Duxbury with her family in 1950 when Dr. Handy became Superintendent of Schools. Her personal investment in the Duxbury community has included charitable activities, serving as a docent at the King Caesar House, and, most recently, an energetic involvement in the Duxbury Senior Center. Her presence in book clubs, bowling groups, caning and basket weaving classes, and church committees will be missed. Her family was the central focus of her life. She leaves behind and will be sorely missed by her son George and his wife Marilyn of Alexandria , VA, her son Richard and his wife Judith (Hampton) of Suffolk, VA, her daughter Judith and her husband Roy Catignani of West Barnstable, MA; six grandchildren, Kathi, David (his wife Mary), Mike, Sarah, Brian, and Emily; and four great-grandchildren, Virginia, James, Jacob, and Avery A memorial service will be held at St. John’s Church on Saturday, December 5 at 1:00 p.m. Donations in Doris’s memory may be made to the Dr. Everett L. Handy Scholarship Fund, c/o Partridge Fund, P.O. Box 2552, Duxbury, MA 02331 or to St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 2893, Duxbury, MA 02331.