Anna Elizabeth Oberlander

Anna Elizabeth Oberlander, age 79, passed away in her Walpole, Massachusetts home on Friday, August 19, 2016. Born in Norwood, Massachusetts on December 4, 1936, she was the daughter of the late John and Margaret (Walters) Oberlander. She was raised in Newton Highlands and later moved to Walpole with her family. Anna went on to graduate from Walpole High School with the Class of 1954.

In 1968, Anna took a staff accountant position with Fabric Research Laboratories, which later became Albany International Research Co.. She was incredibly proud of her involvement on the nonwoven Thermal Protection System for NASA's Space Shuttle Program.

Anna, alongside her mother when they later moved to Norwood, enjoyed organizing and running senior citizen trips across the United States and Canada, which she continued after her mother passed. Some of her fondest trips were to Pennsylvania Dutch Country, where she established her love for quilts. She became very active in various quilting guilds and enjoyed taking quilting classes. Her love for quilts and travel led her to become a partner in Quilt Escapes, organizing quilting excursions. After her retirement on January 1, 1999, Anna continued her love to travel and regularly participated in cruises, including those with a focus on quilting, setting sail through the Panama Canal to Costa Rica, and .throughout the Caribbean.

In addition to her love of quilts, Anna also had a love for animals and recently took in her latest rescue dog, Oscar. She became a very active volunteer in the Massachusetts Vest-A-Dog program, becoming the accounts payable volunteer and later being appointed to the Board of Directors, in addition to volunteering in many program awareness events. Anna was the very proud donor of three vests for police canines in Massachusetts.

Beloved life partner of the late Fred Campbell.
Survived by her close friends from Albany International, friends from Mass Vest-a-Dog and numerous quilting friends.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Anna's Memorial Mass in Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, 700 Washington Street, Canton on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 10:30 AM. Interment will follow in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Canton. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Mass Vest-A-Dog, P.O. Box 48, Walpole, MA 02081, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Office of Development and Alumni Relations, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA 01536 or the Spaulding Rehabilatation Center, Development Office, 1575 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Arrangements by James H. Delaney & Son Funeral Home, Walpole.