Lillian (Bobala) Cooney, age 97, passed away on January 29, 2022 in Dover, NH. She was born on December 7, 1924 in Chicopee, Ma, a daughter of the late Theodore F. and Angeline (Fontaine) Bobala. She resided in Chicopee with her family for most of her 97 years. Lillian was a communicant of Holy Name of Jesus Parish. She worked at Moore Drop Forge as a secretary for several years. Lillian and her husband Raymond opened the Cooney Hardware store in the Fairview section of Chicopee where they worked together for 10 years before selling the business. Later she took a job as a secretary for the Chicopee School System where she worked for 20 years before retiring in 1990. She enjoyed going to Hampton Beach for 30 years where Lillian and Raymond had many happy memories at their summer residence. She is predeceased by her beloved husband Raymond Cooney who passed away in 2011 and by her brother Ronald Bobala in 2021. She is survived by her son Hal Cooney of Stratham, NH, her daughter Colleen M. Sicard of Half Moon Bay, CA and her granddaughter Heather Fitch of Petaluma, CA. Calling hours will be on the morning of the funeral Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM at the Grise Funeral Home, 280 Springfield St, Chicopee followed by a Mass of Christian burial in Holy Name/Assumption Church at 1:00 PM. Burial will take place in Calvary Cemetery.