FRANKLIN: Mrs. Mary A. (O’Halloran) O’Brien 85 of 130 Chestnut Street, and a former longtime resident of Bennington, Vermont, died Sunday September 10, 2006, at the Franklin Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Patrick W. O’Brien, who until his death in 2003, was married to for 61 years.
Born in Gardiner, Maine, March 12, 1921, a daughter of the late Stephen and Georgina (O’Meara) O’Halloran, she was educated in Prince Edward Island, Canada and moved thereafter to New York, where she worked at Westbury Estates. Following her marriage to Mr. O’Brien on July 19, 1941, she moved to Long Island New York, where she lived until moving to Vermont in 1968.
While living in Vermont, she taught catechism at Sacred Heart School in Vermont and also worked as an aide at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center.
She moved to Franklin in 2003 with her beloved cat “Abe”. She had a lifelong interest in caring for animals, and also enjoyed reading, planting flowers and family.
She is survived by 2 daughters: Patricia M. Finn and her husband Michael of Norfolk, MA, Marilyn Klink and her husband Arty of Denver, Penn. 2 brothers: Howard Griffin of Florida, and Lyle Griffin of Canada, 2 sisters: Ann Burke of Sag Harbor, New York and Frances Church in Canada. 2 grandsons: Arthur B. and his Wife Becky and Kevin J. and his wife Jane Klink, and 5 great grandchildren Sean, Seth, Jenna, Alyssa and Kyle Klink.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral Mass Tuesday at 11AM in St. Brigid’s Church in Westbury, New York. Interment will follow in Holy Rood Cemetery Westbury.
Calling hours at the Donohue Cecere Funeral Home, 290 Post Ave. Westbury, NY are Monday 4-8PM.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory sent to the Franklin Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 130 Chestnut Street, Franklin, MA 02038 attn: Activities Dept. would be appreciated.
Local arrangements are under the direction of the Charles F. Oteri & Son Franklin Funeral Home, 33 Cottage Street, www.franklinfuneral.com.