Mary F. (Sullivan) O’Grady of West Roxbury, formerly of Jamaica Plain passed away on March 27, 2025. Beloved wife of the late Leonard “Lenny” R. O’Grady. Devoted daughter of the late Mary T. (McCarthy) and John J. Sullivan both of whom were from the Beara Peninsula in Co. Cork, Ireland.
Loving mother of Maureen MacDonald and her late husband Christopher of Spencer, Stephen O’Grady and his wife Eileen of West Roxbury. Proud grandmother of Kara MacDonald, Kathleen and Patrick O’Grady. Dear sister of the late Julia “Sheila” Lydon, baby Agnes Sullivan, Anne Welcome, and John “Jackie” Sullivan (BFD). Mary cherished her many nieces and nephews and was the adored “Auntie Mame” to the late Sheila Anne Lydon.
Mary was raised in Blessed Sacrament Parish, Jamaica Plain. She met Lenny at a Saturday dance at Moseley’s in Dedham on Christmas night in 1948. After their wedding in 1953 they settled in Roslindale and then in West Roxbury. Mary was a devoted parishioner of the Holy Name Church for many decades, where she and Lenny met many great friends and families. She served as Prefect of the Ladies Sodality and especially enjoyed the company of some wonderful friends at the Saturday evening Mass after Lenny’s passing. Mary often recalled many fond memories growing up with her beloved girlfriends in Hyde Square and greatly enjoyed the reunions with her St. Thomas Aquinas High School classmates from the class of 1948. She and Lenny always had great neighbors in the Willowdean/Parklawn neighborhood, both when they were young parents and as elders. She will be greatly missed by her friend and Irish soulmate Rosanna Murphy. Mary enjoyed reading, keeping up with world politics, her Irish heritage, the Sunday crossword, and correctly answering Final Jeopardy.
Funeral from the William J. Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Centre St., West Roxbury, on Tuesday, April 1st at 9:00am. Followed by a Funeral Mass in Holy Name Church at 10:00am. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury. Visiting Hours Monday, March 31st from 4pm to 7pm in the Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers donations in memory of Mary may be made to a Charity of Choice.