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Dedham Obituary: Robert D. Wrenn

Mr. Wrenn was a WWII veteran and was an active member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Dedham.

Robert Duffield Wrenn, a life-long resident of Dedham and Needham, died on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, at the age of 86 years old. 

Robert was born in Boston, the son of George Lawson and Mary Trotter Goodman Wrenn.  He graduated from the Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts (class of 1944), Harvard College (class of 1948) and the Harvard Business School (class of 1960). 

He was a veteran of the United States Army, where he served during World War II. 

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Robert worked as a financial analyst in Boston and retired in 1997. He was an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Dedham, serving on the vestry and volunteered his time at the Dedham Community House, the Dedham Historical Society and the United Fund. 

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Patricia Spinning Wrenn, his brother George Lawson Wrenn of Dedham and his five children, Robert Duffield Wrenn of Berkeley, California, Sousa Wrenn Rugo of Shirley, MA, Patricia Wrenn of Sarasota, Florida, George Lawson Wrenn of Eureka, California, Edith McCasland of Littleton, MA and six grandchildren. 

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Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service on Saturday, April 6th 2013 at 11:ooAM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 59 Court St., Dedham.    Interment is private.


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