April 2, 2013
Wrenn, Robert D.
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. 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. 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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We had so many pleasant times together. Our thoughts and sympathy are with Patsy and the family. Jody & John
May the mercy of God uphold you all during your hours of need.
Grant rest eternal unto Robert; may Light perpetual shine upon him. May he rest in Peace.
Please know you are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Love, Linda and Margaret McCasland
Dear Patsy and Edie and all Wrenns. I am so sorry to hear about Bob’s death, I am in Florida now with my son Sam so cannot be at the funeral but I will be thinking of you all and rememberng so many happy times we had with Bob, even driving him to church those last years before Larry died! And of course he was reading the lessons from the pulpit right up to the end, he was a good Christian and a Good Man, Love to you all, Mary Norton
Dad, Thanks for carrying little me when I was too sleepy to walk up to bed and when we were headed home off of East beach and the sand was burning hot. Thanks for helping me when grown up me needed a little cash for fun, friends, and business ventures. Thanks for holding my hand as I exited the limo at my wedding and in your last days. Thanks for manning the punch bowl and being a support for the pyramid . Thanks for being a Granddad my kids adored. You were unfailingly kind, generous, agreeable, and sweet, fun, and silly. This sweetie will miss you terribly but all the great memories will sustain me. When you didn’t get a prompt response to a question you would ask,”yes, no, or indifferent”. About you I will never be indifferent.
I am so sad and sorry for all my Wrenn cousins. What a terrible, terrible loss. I always remember Robert with a smile on his face, always! And he was always energetic and happy to see me. He made me feel so welcome! I’m sending my love to all of you and you are in my thoughts and prayers. Love, Wrenn
Dear Sousa, Olivia and Nathaniel,
Our thoughts are with you, losing your father, your grandfather… it is just so difficult to imagine, and yet… there we are, the end of an era. Not knowing your father, we feel as if we knew him, having heard some wonderful tales from Sousa… a true renaissance man.
Love, Edmund, Dorcas, Ben, Carolena, Eamon, and Ronan.
Dear Patsy, Sousa, Edie,Trisha & George,
Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time of great loss and sorrow. We will always remember ‘Robert’ as being the most kind, loving and gracious gentlemen! May he now rest in Peace, knowing he left the world better place than he found
it by all he gave of himself to his community and to his wonderful family. We will miss him
and all the joyful times we shared together over some 40 years. With lots of love, Roz & Paul
I am sorry to learn of Bob’s passing. He was an old fiend from Lee Higginson days, when the securities business was still fun. He taught me a lot and I will always remember him fondly.
Elisha Lee
Dear Patsy, George and children, My deepest sympathy to you. Robert was such a kind and gracious man. I have wonderful memories of him
Patsy–I’m so sorry. Lots of wonderful memories of the Dedham years. You and your family have my deepest sympathy.
Edie and family, Please accept my condolences on the passing of your Dad. I’m sure he will be missed by many.
It will be hard not being with him but know that he is in a good place now.
Edie and family, Our thoughts are with you on the death of your dad. May all the wonderful memories you have of him remain in your hearts forever.
Bill and Kathi De Leo