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Dr. Althea
Anne Wolfkopf Dr. Althea Anne (Crilley) Wolfkopf, 77, died Thursday, February 19, 2004 at the Hunt Nursing Home in Danvers, MA. Althea was born in Malden and attended primary schools in North Reading and graduated from Reading High School in 1942. She went on to earn her BA, her Masters Degree in German and Doctoral Degree in Philosophy at Boston University. She spent five years teaching at Utica College in New York she then served a Fellowship in Munich Germany. She worked for the U.S. Army Special Services in Germany for two years. When she returned to the United States she settled in Melrose and lectured at Boston University for five years and then became a Professor at Regis College in Weston, MA. She taught German there for twenty-seven years and was the head of the German Department at Regis College at the time of her retirement in 1990.When she retired she moved to Osterville and enjoyed her volunteer work at the Osterville Public Library. Althea enjoyed traveling extensively throughout Europe, Africa and the Galapagos Islands and would often take students on field trips with her. Her hobbies consisted of cooking, in particular making breads and fancy deserts, along with gardening and she also enjoyed canoeing in Maine. Althea was also secretary of the Oysterville Chapter of the AARP. Mrs. Wolfkopf lived in Oysterville, MA for the past ten years and was previously from Melrose where she had resided for over twenty years. . She is survived by her sister, Barbara B. Parsons of North Reading, her brother, Frank L. Crilley of NH, and eight nieces and nephews and nine grand nieces and nephew. She was born July 24, 1926 in Malden, Massachusetts the daughter of the late Leo and Phoebe (Pratt) Crilley. Visitation will be held at Weir MacCuish Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street, Malden, MA on Sunday February 22nd from 2-4 PM and 7-9 PM. Contributions in Althea’s memory may be made to the North Shore Hospice, 10 Elm St., Danvers, MA 01923. Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 23, 2004 at 10:00 A.M. at the funeral home with Father . J.C. Woods, Pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Parish officiating. Burial will be in the Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose.
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