Grace Dietzel

Grace Ann (Varano) Dietzel, a lifelong resident of Dedham, died Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Clark House in Westwood.  She was 79.  Grace was born February 18, 1934 in Dedham, a daughter of Salvatore and Grace (Sarro) Varano.  She graduated from Dedham High School with the Class of 1952 and worked at Shawmut Bank in Boston and Rustcraft Greeting Cards in Dedham.  Grace was also a member of the Norwood Hospital Cardiac Gym.  Grace was the wife of the late Kenneth Clayton Dietzel who predeceased her in 2004, and the sister of the late Caroline Varano and the late Diane Casaceli.  She is survived by her two daughters, Sharlene D. Geary, and her husband Joseph, of Dedham, and Denise M. White of Walpole; her three grandchildren, Jonathan Geary, and his wife Lauren, of Medfield, Scott Geary of Dedham, and Damian White of Walpole; her brother, Victor Varano of Maine; and her two sisters, Maryann Nyquist of Easton, and Margaret Noonan of Medfield.  Visiting hours will be held Sunday, December 1st, 2013 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton Street, Dedham.  Relatives and friends are invited to gather at the funeral home Monday at 10 AM and proceed to St. Mary’s Church, 420 High Street, Dedham for her Mass of Christian Burial at 11 ‘o clock.  Burial will follow in Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham.  In lieu of flowers donations to the American Heart Association, PO Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241 would be appreciated.