Former First Lady of Lawrence MA...
Marcia E Kiley passed away on Sunday June 28, 2015 following a brief illness. She was born in Peabody, MA to Marcus and Bridget Ellen (Dowd) Peterson in 1922.
Formerly of Lawrence and Andover, Marcia was the beloved wife of Attorney and Former Lawrence Mayor Daniel P Kiley Jr. As the First Lady of the City of Lawrence she was active in political, civic and charitable activities. Marcia was raised in Peabody as the youngest of seven siblings.
Marcia attended Peabody schools and graduated from the Mary Frances Rooney School of Elocution in Boston. Upon graduation she taught at the Eleanor Noonan School in Salem MA.
In 1943 she married her husband Daniel, a marriage that lasted 72 years. She and Dan had seven children, 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Marcia was a volunteer for the March of Dimes, the Greater Lawrence YMCA, and an active participant at Saint Augustine’s Church in Lawrence where her children attended school.
She served for many years as an aid in the Andover School system working with special needs students.
She was pre-deceased by her husband Daniel, her son Daniel P Kiley III, her daughter Hannah and five of her siblings: Geraldine McManus, Wilbur Peterson, Lester Peterson, Donald Peterson and Arlene Mogavero.
She is survived by her children; Attorney Thomas and his wife Linda, Ellen Kiley Morrow and her husband Keith, Marcia Kiley-LeMay and her husband Donald, Mark P. and his wife Monica, Robert P. and daughter-in-law Barbara Connelly-Kiley. Grandchildren Colleene, Erin, Mark, April, Tory, Jessica, Tom, Hilary, Bill, Lauren, Lindsey and Dan. She also Leaves her sister Helen James and many nieces and nephews.
Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Augustine Church, 43 Essex Street, Andover on Thursday, July 2, 2015, at 9:30 AM. Relatives and friends are most welcome to attend. Calling hours will be in the Burke-Magliozzi Funeral Home, 390 North Main Street, Andover on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, from 5 to 8 PM. Interment will be in the Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence.
Donations may be made in Marcia’s memory to the March of Dimes, 112 Turnpike Road, Suite 300, Westboro, MA 01581