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Eleanor Rita <I>Downey</I> Connolly

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Eleanor Rita Downey Connolly

Birth
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 May 2002 (aged 85)
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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She was the wife of Paul L. Connolly, Sr., who died nearly eleven years ago, she was to have observed her eighty-sixth
birthday in just a few weeks. She was a daughter of John and Ellen (Foley) Downey. She attended Woburn schools and graduated from Woburn High School with the Class of 1934.

She resided in the city all her life and was a devoted communicant of St. Charles Church. Her focus in life was her family, and she particularly enjoyed the time spent with her grandchildren.

In addition to her husband Paul, and her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter Sharon, a sister, Mildred Dunnigan, six brothers, John, James, William, Leonard, Harold, and Leo Downey, and a granddaughter, Courtney Kessaris. Surviving are a daughter, Claire Kessaris of Woburn, and a son, Sgt. Paul Connolly, Jr. of the Woburn Police Dept., of Woburn; three sisters, Lyola Downey of Waltham, Elizabeth Busa of Marlboro, Dorothy Daly of Woburn, and a brother, Roy Downey of Woburn; her grandchildren, Kenneth III, Christopher, and Kelly Kessaris, and John, Douglas, Shannon, and Rachel Connolly. She was also the dear mother-in-law of Frances Connolly of Woburn, and the devoted aunt of many nieces and nephews.
She was the wife of Paul L. Connolly, Sr., who died nearly eleven years ago, she was to have observed her eighty-sixth
birthday in just a few weeks. She was a daughter of John and Ellen (Foley) Downey. She attended Woburn schools and graduated from Woburn High School with the Class of 1934.

She resided in the city all her life and was a devoted communicant of St. Charles Church. Her focus in life was her family, and she particularly enjoyed the time spent with her grandchildren.

In addition to her husband Paul, and her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter Sharon, a sister, Mildred Dunnigan, six brothers, John, James, William, Leonard, Harold, and Leo Downey, and a granddaughter, Courtney Kessaris. Surviving are a daughter, Claire Kessaris of Woburn, and a son, Sgt. Paul Connolly, Jr. of the Woburn Police Dept., of Woburn; three sisters, Lyola Downey of Waltham, Elizabeth Busa of Marlboro, Dorothy Daly of Woburn, and a brother, Roy Downey of Woburn; her grandchildren, Kenneth III, Christopher, and Kelly Kessaris, and John, Douglas, Shannon, and Rachel Connolly. She was also the dear mother-in-law of Frances Connolly of Woburn, and the devoted aunt of many nieces and nephews.


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  • Added: Oct 19, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30691492/eleanor_rita-connolly: accessed ), memorial page for Eleanor Rita Downey Connolly (13 Jun 1916–28 May 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30691492, citing Calvary Cemetery, Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).