William Patrick Nagle, Sr.

William Patrick Nagle, Sr., age 90, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2025, at the Ellis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Norwood, Massachusetts, with his loving wife by his side. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 23, 1935, he was the son of the late Patrick Joseph and Mary Ellen (Horgan) Nagle. Bill was raised in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Roxbury, attending Mission High School. As a teenager, Bill raised money by washing car windshields to take flying lessons, learning the ins and outs of small planes well ahead of obtaining his driver’s license. After completing his studies at Mission High in 1954, Bill spent a year at Suffolk University and later completed training to become a Linotype Operator at Boston Trade School. Bill's printing career began with Buck Printing, and carried through various other shops, including Harvard Crimson, and the Hyde Park Tribune, working his way into the printer's union.

Bill married his beloved wife, Lucina Ann MacPhee, on October 28, 1961, at Mission Church in Roxbury. The young couple made their home in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and Bill was tapped by the Boston Globe to come run a Linotype machine in the printing division. With his career on track and four children at home, Bill decided it was time to leave the city behind, gathering the family in his military brown station wagon and driving south to make their new home in South Walpole, Massachusetts. While home was in the suburbs, Bill continued making the commute into the city, remaining loyal to the Globe even after Linotype machines became obsolete. As the computer began to take over for the traditional printing machines, Bill transitioned into a sales role with the Classified Advertising Department, serving his accounts well until his retirement in 2001. Not quite ready to embrace full retirement at the age of sixty-six, Bill took a position with Westwood Furniture, which was one of the accounts he managed at the Globe.

Bill got his foot in the door of Westwood Furniture by using the art of conversation. This skill served Bill well throughout his life, often learning new languages, including Spanish, Italian, and American Sign Language, to strike up a conversation anytime or anywhere. Along his journey through life, Bill’s conversations led to many new friendships, making a lasting impression along the way, usually as a result of a well-timed joke. His gift allowed him to join the pilots in the cockpit during the landing at Heathrow and gained his family first access to a cruise ship departing out of Boston.

Throughout his life, Bill enjoyed traveling with his beloved wife, Lucina, by his side. Together, the couple visited many destinations in Europe, including Paris, London, Rome, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. Some of their favorite adventures were in the countries where they could trace their own heritage, Ireland and Scotland. Domestically, Bill and Lucina looked forward to many destinations throughout the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska. While flying was always great fun, as Bill tried everything he could to convince the pilots to give him the controls, there was something about traveling on the deck of a cruise ship that became appealing to Bill and Lucina. Perhaps it was more about the journey rather than the destination that led them to board boats traveling all over, including a trip to South American and through the Panama Canal. Back at home, Bill enjoyed spending days sitting along the Cape Cod Canal, watching the boats pass by, or trekking into Boston to spend an afternoon at Castle Island, complete with a hot dog from Sullivans.

More than anything, Bill was devoted to his family. As a young Dad, he looked forward to attending all the Boston parades with his family, often times jumping in at the back with his military brown station wagon that the organizers thought was an official vehicle and never gave any push back. The adventures would continue after moving to South Walpole, taking Sunday Mystery Rides, which brought Bill's kids so much excitement. These rides would usually end with stopping at a store or restaurant... sometimes for a meal off the adult menu or sometimes a different treat like a cigar.

Beloved husband of Lucina A. (MacPhee) Nagle.

Loving father of William Patrick Nagle, Jr. of Norton, Kevin Patrick Nagle and his wife, Maria, of San Antonio, Texas, Daniel Patrick Nagle and his wife, Holly, of Walpole, and Karen Lucina Alperowitz and her husband, Craig, of Chatham, New Jersey.

Cherished grandfather of Nicole Nagle, Janelle Nagle, Kevin Nagle Jr, and his wife, Kim, Brittney Nagle, Anyce Cochrane and her husband, Sean, Daniel Nagle, Brian Nagle, Megan Alperowitz, and Molly Alperowitz; and great grandfather of Jackson, Wyatt, Connor.

Brother of the late Michael Nagle and his surviving wife Mary of Dedham, Ellen Meade and her late husband, Alfred, and Patricia Consentino and her late husband, Michael.

Also survived by several loving nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Bill's visitation on Wednesday, April 9th, 2025, from 4:00 - 7:00 pm in the James H. Delaney & Son Funeral Home, 48 Common Street, Walpole.

All are invited to gather in the funeral home on Thursday, April 10th, 2025, at 9:00 am prior to Bill's Mass of Christian Burial that will be celebrated in Blessed Sacrament Church, 10 Diamond Street, Walpole, at 10:00 am. Interment will be private at the request of Bill's family.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in William's name may be made to Alzheimer's Association 320 Nevada Street Suite 201 Newton, MA 02460 or by visiting https://www.alz.org/manh or HESSCO, 545 South Street, Suite 3, Walpole, MA 02081 or by visiting https://hessco.org/