Gertraud (Wopperer) Hurley, 86, of Concord, died Monday, January 28, 2013 at Wayside Hospice in Wayland. She was the beloved wife of Gerald "Jerry" J. Hurley. Born in Germany on October 26, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Anton and Johanna Wopperer. Her father was the head of Catholic Charities in Germany. He had the formidable task of rebuilding the organization after the war. Her mother was a social worker. Gertraud received a PhD from the University of Freiburg. While working in Rome she was commissioned to write about the founding and history of the Congregation of Sisters of Divine Providence, the order that was founded in Germany in 1851. Finishing her work she went on to teach at the University of Louvain in Congo, Africa. Because of the political situation she returned to Germany and taught at the Freiburg School of Social Work. In 1970 with the encouragement of Dr. Louis Lowy she came to America and attended Boston University, studying and specializing in a model being developed for group work. In 1973 Gertraud married her husband Gerald at Boston University Chapel. For many years, Mrs. Hurley worked in private practice as a Clinical Social Worker in the Lowell, Cambridge and Boston areas. A forty-year resident of Concord, she enjoyed gardening and was a long-standing member of the American Association of University Women, where she was most active in the book club. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her sister, Rosemarie and her brother Peter, both of Germany; her brother-in-laws Frank Hurley of Quincy, Jim Hurley of Pembroke, John Hurley of Norwell, Bill Hurley of Braintree and her sister-in-law, Helen Forbes of Easton and her foster sons Michael and Jon, and her many nieces and nephews in Germany and America. Cemetery: Burial will be in St. Bernard's Cemetery, Concord. Service: Funeral will be held on Friday, February 1st from the Dee Funeral Home, 27 Bedford Street, CONCORD CENTER at 9:30 AM followed by a funeral Mass in Holy Family Parish, Monument Square, Concord Center at 10:30 AM.