Dr. Perla Minda (Santos) Kissmeyer-Nielsen, M.D., 83, formerly of Concord, died Friday, August 1st at Miriam Boyd Parlin Residence in Wayland. She was the beloved wife of the late Erik Kissmeyer-Nielsen who died in 2012.
Born in the Philippines on January 16, 1931 she was the daughter of the late Teodorico and Fidela Santos.
Dr. Kissmeyer-Nielsen graduated from the University of the Philippines Medical School.
For over thirty-eight years, she worked as a Psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Manchester, NH and Bedford, MA.
Survivors include her son, Paul E. Kissmeyer-Nielsen and his wife Monica of Gibsonia, PA, her daughter, Kirsten Y. Kissmeyer of Cambridge, her grandchildren, Annabelle, Elizabeth, Paul and Patrick Kissmeyer-Nielsen, and her sisters, Leticia Santos, Rizalina Santos Silva, and Bessie Santos Idea, all of the Philippines.
A funeral Mass will be held on Friday, August 8th at 10 am in Holy Family Parish, Monument Square, Concord Center.
Burial will follow in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA 02472 (www.alz.org).
Arrangements are under the care of Charles W. Dee and Susan M. Dee, Dee Funeral Home of Concord.