Eleanor M. "Sissy" (O'Neill) Collins, a longtime resident of Hull and formerly of Charlestown entered into eternal life on Friday, November 26, 2021.
Eleanor was born in Boston on April 10, 1937, a cherished daughter of the late Eugene A. O'Neill and Eleanor M. (Burns) O'Neill. Eleanor was raised and educated in Charlestown and was a graduate of Cardinal Cushing High School. Eleanor was a long-time employee of an insurance firm in Boston. She loved traveling with her many friends and her special trips to Ireland with her husband John. You could always find Sissy taking her walks along Nantasket Beach.
Eleanor is the devoted wife of the late John Collins. She is the beloved sister of Mary O'Neill-Green, Rita Murphy and her husband Bill and the late Eugene O'Neill and his wife Peggy, Margaret Kent and her husband Joe, Patricia Meeker and her husband Jack, Robert O'Neill and his surviving wife Patricia and Ann Marie Harding and her surviving husband John. Eleanor is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Sissy's visiting hours on Friday morning, December 3, 2021 from 9 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. in The Carr Funeral Home, 220 Bunker Hill St. Charlestown followed by her Funeral Mass in St. Mary's Church, 55 Warren St. Charlestown at 11 A.M. Her burial will take place at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Dorchester.