Anna E. Pendell

BOYLSTON-Anna E. (Beleckis) Pendell, 89, died Tues., December 8 in Knollwood Nursing Center.

Her husband, Ernest C. Pendell died in 1962. Anna is survived by her daughter, Lucy Pendell and her partner Maura, her sister, Helen Pendell and her husband Daniel, nephew, Daniel W. Pendell, sister-in-law, Connie Beleckis, many nieces, nephews and friends. She also leaves the staff and the many residents at Knollwood Nursing Home who she considered her "second family". Her brother, Peter Beleckis predeceased her.

She was born in Worcester the daughter of Adam and Lucy (Kupsras) Beleckis and graduated from Major Edwards High School and Becker College. She worked as a bookkeeper at Heywood Boot and Shoe and Norton Company. She retired from the Sheraton Lincoln where she worked as the Executive Housekeeper for many years. She was a Girl Scout leader and a self-taught, accomplished: seamstress, chef, baker, gardener, stone mason and woodworker. Anna was a devout Christian and a Jehovah Witness, she lived her life giving and helping others until her last day.

Mom you are loved by many and missed deeply, God Bless you.

Visiting hours will be Friday, December 11 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at FAY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, 1 West Boylston Street, W. Boylston. Anna's funeral service will be Saturday, December 12 at 11:00 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Boylston. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701 or to Knollwood Nursing Center Activities Fund, 87 Briarwood Circle, West Boylston, MA 01583. For directions and online guest book please visit www.faybrothers.com.