Irene Ann Rosenthal (Sydell) passed away comfortably after a 13 year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born on November 1, 1950 in Boston and raised in Dorchester and Brighton. The first in her family to go to college she got her Bachelor’s degree from UMass Boston in Psychology. Predeceased by her mother Frances Sydell (Spunt) and Paul Kenneth Sydell as well as her sister Elaine Burroughs and her loving husband Marc Rosenthal. She is remembered by her children Allison Ostroff (Jonathan), David Davis (Lee) and Steven Rosenthal (Michelle) as well as her sister Beverly Scheuer, sister and brother-in-law Betsy and Richard Weissel and granddaughters Paige, Kiley, Lindsey, Rebecca and Eliza. Irene was a lover of animals, travel, had a laugh that would light up a room and was beautiful inside and out. As her yearbook quote states “a winning smile a friendly way, enough to cheer up any day”. Due to Covid restrictions a memorial will be held at a later date. In Irene’s memory donations could be made to the Alzheimer’s Association www.alz.org and the ASPCA https://www.aspca.org/
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