Judith A. (Gillan) Sears

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Judith A. (Gillan) Sears, 74 of Cranston, died Friday Sept. 15, 2017 in the West Shore Health Center in Warwick. She was the wife of Richard L. Sears and of the late Robert A. Galipeau, Sr.

Judith was born in Providence, a daughter of the late William E. and Julianne (Cybulski) Gillan. She was a Manager of the Garden Center at Walmart in Warwick, for many years before retiring in 2001.

Mrs. Sears is survived by her children: Robert A Galipeau Jr. (Kelly) of Howard OH., Shawn A. Galipeau (Lisa) of Hilton Head SC., William E. Galipeau (Anne) of Greensboro, NC, and Cathleen M. Sears

(Christine S. Forsyth) of Cranston. Judith was the grandmother of 12, and the great-grandmother of one.

She was the sister of the late William E. Gillan Jr.

Funeral services are private. Arrangements entrusted to the Urquhart-Murphy Funeral Home, 800 Greenwich Ave., Warwick.

Gifts in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of Rhode Island Chapter, 245 Waterman Street, Suite 306, Providence, RI, 02906. www.murphyfuneralhomes.org