Mother and grandmother of residents
Mary Connolly. (Courtesy photo)
Mary F. (Folan) Connolly, of Norwood and Westwood and former resident of Ayer and Harvard, died March 15, 2019, at the age of 90.
She was the beloved wife of the late Nicholas J. Connolly (retired Norwood Police Department); devoted mother of Martin Connolly and his wife Cynthia of Raynham; Philip Connolly and his wife Suzanne of Chatham, New Jersey; and Maureen Lemieux and her husband Dana of Harvard. She was the cherished grandmother of Michelle and Matt Connolly and Brendan and Nicole Lemieux.
Mary was the daughter of the late Philip J. and Theresa Folan of Norwood, and the sister of Philip Folan Jr. of Rehoboth, Delaware.
She was a graduate of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital School of Nursing, of Norwood Senior High School, Class of 1946, and St. Catherine’s of Sienna School in Norwood. She was also a member of St. Catherine’s Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality and St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing Alumni Association.
A funeral was held March 20, 2019. Burial was at Highland Cemetery in Norwood. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her name to The Butler Did It, P.O. Box 867, Shirley, MA 01464 or to the Nashoba Nursing Service & Hospice, 3 Patterson Road, Suite 3, Shirley, MA 01464.
