Naomi Padell
June 5 1927 - May 23 2009
PADELL – Naomi (Schleicher), 81, formerly of Wellesley, Westwood and Tampa FL, died suddenly on Saturday May 23rd 2009. Beloved wife of the late Leon M. Padell. Loving mother of Jeffrey Padell and wife Susan of East Walpole, Thomas Padell and wife Nancy of Braintree, Susan Padell Labonte and husband Robert of Shrewsbury and Andrew Padell of Tampa, FL, and 8 grandchildren: Joe, Eli, Dan, Sean, Lindsay, Robby, Rachel and Renee. Also survived by her brother Ernest Schleicher of Reading PA. Relatives and friends are invited to attend visiting hours in the Holden, Dunn and Lawler Funeral Home, 55 High Rock St. (off Route 109) Westwood on Friday June 5th from 4-8pm. A Funeral Service will be celebrated in the funeral home on Saturday morning June 6th at 10am. Following the service, burial will take place at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, West Roxbury. Prior to raising her four children, Naomi was a member of the last class of WWII Cadet Nurses. She was a graduate of Abington Memorial Hospital Nursing School, Abington PA, 1948, and spent the last six months at Cushing VA Hospital. Naomi went on to Hartford Hospital, where she was a head nurse in the Department of Neurosurgery under Dr. William Scoville. The nursing school friendships she made stayed strong, and lasted through her years. In 1990 she retired to Tampa where she, Leon and son Andrew owned Filterfresh Coffee Service of Tampa Bay. In 2007 she suffered a traumatic brain injury, and returned to Massachusetts to rehabilitate. Naomi is remembered fondly by countless friends and people she touched, most recently the residents and staff at Whitney Place Assisted Living in Northborough. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Spaulding Rehab. Hospital, c/o Development Office, 125 Nashua St., Boston, MA 02114, with “Naomi Padell” in the Memo field. Donations will be directed to the Brain Injury program, in her memory.
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The Times News of Tamaqua and Lehighton
Mrs. Leon Padell Mrs. Naomi Padell, 81, formerly of Tamaqua, Westwood, Mass., and Tampa, Fla., died on May 23. She was the widow of Leon Padell.She was a daughter of Clayton Peters Schleicher and Estella (Wehr) Schleicher, who had a general store in Clamtown in the 1930s.A 1946 graduate of Tamaqua High School, she was a member of the last class of World War II Cadet Nurses. Surviving are three sons, a daughter, a brother Ernest of Reading; and eight grandchildren.
The Republican Herald Sunday Edition, Tamaqua and Carbon County
Naomi Schleicher Padell, 81, formerly of Tamaqua, Westwood, Mass., and Tampa, Fla., died unexpectedly May 23. She was a daughter of Clayton Peters Schleicher and Estella Wehr Schleicher, who had a general store in Clamtown in the 1930s. Naomi was a 1946 graduate of Tamaqua High School. She was a graduate of Abington Memorial Hospital Nursing School, Abington, in 1948. She was a member of the last class of World War II Cadet Nurses. She was employed at Cushing VA Hospital and then went on to Hartford Hospital, where she was a head nurse in the Department of Neurosurgery under Dr. William Scoville, prior to leaving nursing to raise her four children. The nursing school friendships she made stayed strong and lasted through her years. Naomi was active in her church and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She helped her husband, Leon, run several businesses. In 1990, they retired to Tampa, where she, Leon and a son, Andrew, owned and operated Filterfresh Coffee Service of Tampa Bay. In 2007, she suffered a traumatic brain injury and returned to Massachusetts to rehabilitate. She was the beloved wife of the late Leon M. Padell, and the loving mother of Jeffrey Padell and his wife, Susan, East Walpole, Mass., Thomas Padell and his wife, Nancy, Braintree, Mass., Susan Padell Labonte and her husband, Robert, Shrewsbury, Mass., and Andrew Padell, Tampa, Fla. She is also survived by eight grandchildren, Joe, Eli, Dan, Sean, Lindsay, Robby, Rachel and Renee; a brother, Ernest Schleicher, Reading. Naomi is remembered fondly by countless friends and people she touched. Interment will take place in St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Mass. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Spaulding Rehab. Hospital, c/o Development Office, .
125 Nashua St., Boston, MA 02114, with "Naomi Padell" in the Memo field. Donations will be directed to the Brain Injury program in her memory. To see more about Naomi and the Schleicher and Wehr families, to go to www.padell.org and sign her guest book at www.padell.org/naomipadellobit.html