Evelyn L.

Wall

Longtime Chelsea resident, Evelyn L. Wall at 79 years of age, passed away on Tuesday, May 23rd.

Born and raised in Somerville she was the loving daughter of the late Donald A. and Evelyn (Noonan) Branagan.  Evelyn attended and graduated from Cardinal Cushing Central High School in So. Boston and later continued her education at the Somerville Hospital School of Nursing where she became a registered Nurse.  She began her nursing career at the Chelsea Soldiers Home.

She married John "Jack" Wall and together raised their two daughters.  Evelyn was passionately devoted to home and family.  She continued to work outside of her home as a RN at the Whidden Memorial Hospital for an additional 42 years before her retirement.

She was a devoted parishioner at the former Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Chelsea, where she sang in the church choir and volunteered her baking talents to support the annual church bazaar.  Her homemade apple pies where most favored and sought after, often selling out even before the event.  She enjoyed choral singing and was a longtime member of the Liberty Bell Chorus "Sweet Adeline Singers" in Arlington and sang in the Our Lady of Assumption Choir in Lynnfield.

She is fondly remembered by her family as an adoring and doting grandmother welcoming 5 grandchildren and assuming the role of "Fantastic Nana".

In addition to her parents Evelyn was predeceased by her brothers Donald Branagan and his wife Elizabeth, Paul Branagan, and a brother-in-law Vincent DiGianni.

She is lovingly survived by her beloved husband of 57 years John S. "Jack" Wall of Chelsea.  She was the loving mother of Meg Flaherty and her husband John, and Susan Palmer-Deloreto, all of Plymouth.  Cherished grandmother of Kelly and Ryan Flaherty, Andrew and Alyssa Palmer and Jack Deloreto all of Plymouth.  Dear sister-in-law of Eileen Branagan of Louisiana, and Peggy DiGianni of Peabody.  She is also survived by many nieces, nephews extended family members and friends.

Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend visiting hours on Friday May 26th from 4 - 8 P.M. at the Welsh Funeral Home, 718 Broadway, Chelsea.  Funeral from the Welsh Funeral Home on Saturday May 27th at 10:00 A.M.  Followed by a funeral mass at St. Michael the Archangel Chapel 91 Crest Ave., Chelsea at 11:00 A.M.  Services will conclude with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.