Theresa Ann Donnelly

Theresa A. (Pedersen) Donnelly of Norwood, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.  She was 84. Born in Boston, Theresa was the daughter of the late Anna (Kelly) and Francis J. Pedersen.

Theresa was the beloved wife of the late Francis Brooks Donnelly, and the devoted mother of Patrick J. Donnelly and his wife Lynette of East Walpole.  She was the sister of Francis J. Pedersen, Jr. and his wife Kathleen of West Roxbury, the late Catherine M. (Pedersen) Walker; and the sister in-law of Kevin Donnelly and his wife Ann of Tewksbury.  She was the proud grandmother of Meghan Donnelly of East Walpole and is survived by many nieces and nephews.  

Visiting Hours in the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole Street, (Rte.1A) NORWOOD, on Sunday October 18, from 2-6 PM, and again on Monday beginning at 10 AM prior to the Funeral Mass which will be celebrated in St. Catherine of Siena Parish, 547 Washington Street, Norwood at 11 o'clock. Interment will follow at Mt. Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury.

Expressions of sympathy may be made in Theresa's memory to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 637 Cambridge Street, Boston Mass. 02135 or see csjboston.org.