Sheila Flanagan Baraggia

Sheila Flanagan Baraggia, of  Braintree, died April 14, 2013.

Sheila was a graduate of Ursuline Academy and a 1959 graduate of Saint Elizabeth’s School of Nursing. She left her nursing career at Massachusetts General Hospital to raise her family.  She loved her conservative politics and the New England Patriots. She cherished her husband, children and grandchildren and will be sorely missed by all those who had the pleasure of knowing her.

Beloved wife of 48 years to Renato L. Baraggia. Loving mother of Helen K. Browne and her husband, Thomas, of Marshfield and William N. Baraggia and his wife, Elizabeth, of Livermore, CA. Grandmother of Rachel, Neve, and Madeline Browne. Sister of James N. Flanagan of San Diego, CA, Dr. Thomas A. Flanagan and his wife, Judith, of Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Kathleen Flanagan Potter of Cambridge and the late Helen F. Brodeur and Maureen Flanagan. Daughter of the late Dr. Norris B. and Helen (Garrity) Flanagan. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.  

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visiting hours on Thursday 4-8 PM in the Keohane Funeral Home, 785 Hancock St., QUINCY. A Celebration of Life Service will be held in the funeral home at 9:45 AM Friday prior to the Funeral Mass at Saint Francis of Assisi Church, Braintree at 10:30 AM.  Burial will follow in Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree. Memorial donations may be made to American Lung Association, 460 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, MA 02451.