OLSON Eileen Catherine (McCarthy) Lifelong resident of West Roxbury, ended a wonderful life here on earth on Saturday, October 21, 2023 after a short and strong battle with lung cancer. A retired registered nurse, she was 70. Eileen was born and raised in West Roxbury and attended high school at St. Mary’s in Brookline. She earned her nursing degrees from Boston City Hospital School of Nursing and Laboure College, both in Boston. She worked as a nurse in multiple settings, the longest being in long term care at the Star of David Nursing Home in West Roxbury, and most recently at Kindred Hospital in Boston.
She was the beloved and devoted wife of Donald with whom she shared 49 beautiful and loving years of marriage. She was the mother of Dr. Douglas Olson of Connecticut and Kristen Mahoney and her husband James of Hyde Park. Eileen was the loving sister of Patricia Vogel and her husband Paul of Virginia, Mary Nikolaides and her late husband James of Dedham, and Ann Gallagher and her husband Robert. She was pre-deceased by her younger brother Charles McCarthy. She was the daughter of the late Lieutenant Charles McCarthy (Boston Fire Department) and Mary (Hackett) McCarthy. She will be deeply missed by her two grandchildren Matthew and Lindsey Mahoney as well as in-laws, nephews, nieces, cousins, extended family, friends and former co-workers. She indulged in life’s simple pleasures: family, playing in her yard, plants, sitting in the sun, many summers in New Hampshire at the lake and being at home.
Visiting hours will be held in the P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home 2000 Centre St. West Roxbury on Tuesday, October 24th from 4-7pm. The funeral service will be held in the funeral home, on Wednesday, October 25th at 11:30am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment in the St. James section of St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury. In lieu of flowers, please plant a tree in her name or make donations in her name to either the Dana Farber Cancer Center, Boston, MA or One More Dog Rescue, www.omdrescue.org