Helen (Callaghan) Donovan-McLaughlin
6/27/2014

DONOVAN-McLAUGHLIN, Helen (Callaghan) Of Jamaica Plain at 102 passed away peacefully in her own home on June 27, 2014. She was born on November 15, 1911 in Malin Co. Donegal Ireland. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles Callaghan and Mary Anne (Kane) Callaghan, her husbands James Donovan and John McLaughlin, her brother Edward Callaghan and sisters Mary O’Malley, Catherine Finn and Rose Doherty and most recently by her son James C. Donovan of Marshfield. She is survived by her children Edward J. and his wife Pat Donovan of Marshfield, Mary Ann O’Connor of Westwood, and Helen and her husband Albert Lake of West Roxbury, her grandchildren Edward and his wife Kristen Donovan of Reading, Carolyn Donovan of Randolph, Michael and his wife Jean Donovan of West Roxbury, Gregory and his wife Margaret Lake of West Roxbury, Kimberly and her husband Michael LaMorticelli of Norwood. The late Paul D. O’Connor and Kathleen O’Connor and her husband Catello Esposito of Westwood. She leaves her nieces Ann Reid of Bridgewater, Helen Murdock of Savannah, Georgia, Mary Anne Doherty of Jamaica Plain and Grace Knier of Victoria B.C. She leaves 14 great-grandchildren. She was an active member of the West Roxbury Irish Social Club until recently. She was honored in her 99th year by the Irish Cultural Society with the program title To Love Two Countries at a State House reception. She was a quiet woman who showed amazing courage, love and great faith in her lifetime. Goodnight sweet lady and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Funeral from the William J. Gormley Funeral Home 2055 Centre St. WEST ROXBURY, Monday, June 30th at 9 am, followed by a Funeral Mass celebrated in Holy Name Church at 10 o’clock. Visiting hours Sunday 3-7 pm. Relatives and friends invited. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Helen’s memory to Catholic TV Box 9196, 34 Chestnut St. Watertown, Ma 02472.
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