Mary K. Kiley, of Mashpee and a former longtime resident of Woburn passed away peacefully September 17, 2019, at the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington. She was 87 years of age. Mary was the beloved wife of the late Harold J. Kiley, Sr. Born in Boston she was the daughter of the late Edmund J. and Jeanette (MacDonald) Murray.
Mary was raised and educated in Winthrop and was a graduate of Winthrop High School. She married her beloved Harold in 1954 and soon after the young couple settled in Woburn where together they raised their family. Mary worked for many years for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Employment Security and retired in 1992. She was a charter member and Past President of the Woburn Middlesex Lions Club and in 2014 she was the recipient of the distinguished, Melvin Jones Fellow Award, which is the highest form of recognition that Lions International can bestow on an individual. Mary enjoyed traveling and spending the winter months in Ft. Meyers, Florida, for many years and while in Florida she was active with the Ft. Meyers Lyons Club and in 2017 was designated Grand Lion Life Member by the Florida Lions Foundation for the Blind.
However, Mary's greatest joy was her family. Nothing made her happier than to be surrounded by her family and those she loved. She will be greatly missed.
Mary is survived by her children; Karen Kiley of Woburn, Mary Claire Kiley of Wakefield, Patricia Kiley Donohue and her husband Timothy Donohue of Wisconsin, Jim Kiley of Mashpee and Margaret Pelser of Wakefield. She was the loving grandmother of Katlyn Ochs and her husband Jonathan, Thomas Pelser and Michael Donohue. Loving great grandmother of Rosie Ochs. Sister of the late Constance Gillis, Margaret Connor and Claire Gillis. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held from the McLaughlin - Dello Russo Family Funeral Home, 60 Pleasant St., WOBURN, Saturday, September 21st, at 9 a.m. followed by a funeral Mass celebrated in St. Anthony Church, 851 Main St., Woburn, at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. Services will conclude with burial at Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn. It has been requested that in lieu of flowers contributions in Mary's memory may be made to the Woburn Middlesex Lions Club c/o Claire Murphy, 5 Pickering St., Woburn, MA 01801.