Nancy E. (Fitzpatrick) Perella, 51, of Milton, died of cancer at Milton Hospital on March 13.
Born in Quincy, Mrs. Perella grew up in North Quincy and was a 1976 graduate of North Quincy High School.
A graduate of Aquinas College, she was a legal secretary at the Harmon Law Offices, Newton, and a former employee of Rull Assoc., South Boston, and Goode Law Offices, Milton.
A marathon runner, Mrs. Perella was a member of the L Street Running Club. She had completed the Boston Marathon three times and the U.S. Marine Corps Marathon, among many others.
She is survived by her husband, Dominic N. Perella; her children; Anthony J. Perella, of the Boston Police Department, and his wife, Jennifer, of Dorchester, and Nicole M. Perella, of Milton; her sisters and brother, Kathleen Rakoski, of Randolph, Karen Degan, of Florida, Audrey Shea and Jane Connors, both of Squantum, Cheryl Callahan, of Plymouth, and Richard Fitzpatrick, of Quincy; and many nieces and nephews.
She was the daughter of the late Florence
K. (Anderson) Fitzpatrick and Richard D. Fitzpatrick.
A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Agatha Church on March 17. Burial was in Milton Cemetery.
Donations may be made to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445; or Father Bill’s Place, 38 Broad St., Quincy, MA 02169.
Arrangements were by the Alfred D. Thomas Funeral Home.