HOPKINTON — Thelma I. Cheney, 80, of Hopkinton, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, at Marlborough Hills Health Care Center.

She was the wife of Clifford L. Cheney, who died in 1996.

Born in Winchester, N.H., she was the daughter of the late Harry and Dorris (Stetson) Shattuck. A lifelong resident of Hopkinton, Mrs. Cheney had worked for Roxbury Carpet Co. in Framingham and Fenwal Corp. of Ashland.

She was a supporter of the BayPath Humane Society.

Mrs. Cheney leaves a daughter, Nancy Cheney and her friend, Richard Wilkinson, of Hopkinton; a brother, Paul Shattuck of Monson, Maine; and a sister, Lois Fuller of Fitchburg.

She was the mother of the late Richard A. Cheney and sister of the late Eldred Shattuck.

A funeral will be held Friday, Feb. 3, at 1 p.m., at the Chesmore Funeral Home (www.chesmorefuneralhome.com), 57 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton.

Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Hopkinton.

Memorial donations in Mrs. Cheney’s memory may be made to BayPath Humane Society, P.O. Box 23, Hopkinton, MA 01748.