Mary Elizabeth Curry O'Neill

Mary E. (Curry) O'Neill, 92, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, July 9, at the Sunrise Assisted Living of Norwood surrounded by her family. Born in Wellesley on July 12, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Thomas E. Curry and Rose E. (McMahan) and the beloved wife of the late Charles E. O’Neill. Mary worked as an administrative assistant in the Physics Department of Wellesley College during WWII, where some of the physicists worked on the Manhattan Project. Primarily a homemaker, she also volunteered as Secretary for the Northeast Region of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, working with her husband, who was an officer. Mary was the loving mother of William O’Neill and his wife, Margaret, of Merrimack, NH, Joseph O’Neill and his wife, Faye, of Amherst, NH, Richard O’Neill and his wife, Betsy, of Jaffrey, NH, Mary and her late husband, Walter Cantarow, of Norwood, and Paul O’Neill and his wife, Christine, of Bridgewater; the dear sister of Phil Curry of Marblehead and the late Thomas “Bud” Curry; the cherished grandmother of Rebecca Burstein, Bridget O’Neill and her husband, Clif Morlan, Kelly, Katherine, and Kimberly O’Neill, Joshua Cucinotta and his wife, Trisha, Jeremy Cantarow and his wife Melissa, Madelyn Cantarow, Edwin Perry and his wife, Kristen, Daniel Perry , Joshua Perry and his wife Adriana, Michael Dunham and his wife, Rachel, and the late Frankie Dunham, and 17 great-grandchildren; and the aunt to several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 15, at 9:00 AM from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole Street (Rte. 1A), Norwood, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM in St. Denis Church, 157 Washington St., Westwood. Interment will follow the Mass in Mt. Calvary, Cemetery, Roslindale. Relatives and friends are invited and may call on Sunday, July 14, from 2:00-6:00 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Mary’s memory to Compassionate Care Hospice, 800 W. Cummings Park, Ste 3400, Woburn, MA 01801 or to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 417005, Boston, MA. 02241-7005 or at www.heart.org. or to Sunrise of Norwood Activities Dept., 86 Saunders Road, Norwood, MA 02062.