Catherine "Kay" Stapula

September 30, 1917 - February 20, 2015

Catherine “Kay” V. (Jackson) Stapula, 97 of Hudson, died Friday, February 20, 2015 at Fairview Healthcare in Hudson. She was born September 30, 1917 in Boston, MA daughter of the late Victor and Margaret (McElaney) Jackson. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul F. Stapula in 1989. She was also predeceased by her son, Tim Stapula in 2003 and a sister, Teresa McCarey. Kay was born and raised in Brookline, MA. She enjoyed traveling and was an avid reader. Her loving family includes two daughters; Kerry Downing and her husband Russell of Bluffton, SC, Jan Stapula of Hudson, a local granddaughter; Tracy Stapula of Windham, ten additional grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. She is also survived by a brother; Vic Jackson of Brookline, MA, three sisters; Midge Schell of North Reading, MA, Mary Costantino and her husband Lindy of Wakefield, MA, Dot Barker of Ft. Myers, FL and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 28th from 9am -10:30am in the DUMONT-SULLIVAN FUNERAL HOME, 50 FERRY ST. IN HUDSON. A funeral mass will be celebrated directly following visitation on Saturday, at 11am in St. John XXIII Parish at St. John XXIII Church, 27 Library St., Hudson. Burial will be held in the Spring. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in Kay’s loving memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place Memphis, TN, 38105.