George M. Doherty

Waltham – Mr. George M. Doherty, of Waltham, died Thursday, January 16, 2014 at his home. He was 85.

George was born in Boston on September 27, 1928, a son of the late Bernard and Winifred (Carlin) Doherty, both natives of County Donegal, Ireland. He was raised in Jamaica Plain and was a graduate of Cathedral High School in Boston's South End. After that he attended Bentley School of Accounting, then in Boston and later earned a bachelor's degree in the same subject from Bentley College in 1970, its first year at the new Waltham campus.

During the Korean War he served with the United States Army.

A Waltham resident since 1962 he was an accountant for forty-one years for Eastern Gas and Fuel Company in Boston and worked for twenty years as the internal auditor for the Raytheon Credit Union, retiring when he turned 80.

George was an avid sports fan, especially of the Red Sox, Patriots and the New York football Giants. When the two NFL teams met on the field however his loyalty to the Patriots never wavered, despite having grown up a Giants fan.

His greatest vocation and avocation, besides being a devoted husband, father and grandfather was George's lifelong love of sacred song. When he was just eight years old he began singing at his home parish, Our Lady of Lourdes in Jamaica Plain. After that he sang at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, the mother church of the archdiocese, and later became part of the highly acclaimed choir at Saint Paul's Church in Wellesley. After the family's move to Waltham George became active at Our Lady's Church where he became a cantor and served as the choir director for more than fifteen years.

George leaves his wife, Dorothy A. (Crowley) Doherty; his children, Margaret W. Keohane and her husband, Daniel, of Waltham and George M. Doherty, Jr. and his wife, LeeAnn of Natick; his grandchildren, Dennis Keohane, Kathleen Hines, Megan DePiero, Erin Keohane, Christopher, Lauren and Caroline Doherty and Emily and Maggie Cashman; his great-grandchildren, Finn and Maggie Keohane and Elly, Lyla and Quinn DePiero; his siblings, William Doherty of Quincy and Mary Doherty of Norwood and many nieces and nephews.

He was also a brother of the late Bertha, Bernard, John, Edward and Paul Doherty and Sally d'Entremont.

Family and friends will honor and remember George's life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Sunday, January 19th, from 2 to 5 p.m. and again at 9 a.m. on Monday morning before leaving in procession to Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church, 880 Trapelo Road, Waltham where his Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

Memorial donations may be made to Our Lady's Parish, 920 Trapelo Raod, Waltham, MA 02452.