Isabelle A. O'Reilly

Waltham – Mrs. Isabelle A. (Hogan) O'Reilly, of Waltham, died Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Maristhill Nursing Home in Waltham. She was 90.

Isabelle was born in Avon on November 11, 1921, one of thirteen children born to the late Jerome C. and Agnes M. (Lynch) Hogan, and moved to Quincy as a child. She was a 1939 graduate of Quincy High School and soon after began working at the First National Bank in Quincy. She met her future husband, Dan O'Reilly, in April, 1944 at a USO dance while his ship was docked at the United States Coast Guard Base in Quincy. After dancing the evening away Dan returned to the vessel telling his shipmates "I met the girl I'm going to marry tonight". True to his word, and to his heart, the pair married at Isabelle's home parish, Saint Ann's Church, in Quincy's Wollaston section on December 15, 1944.

Isabelle and Dan lived for a number of years in Quincy before moving to Brighton for a year and settling in Waltham in 1959 where they have been residents since. Until her retirement Isabelle worked for Honeywell Bull in Lexington and before that had worked at Itek Corporation, also in Lexington. She also had worked at the Barbara Ann Bakery in Waltham and as a nurse's aide a number of years ago at Saint Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton. After retirement the couple spent many happy years traveling across the country, including a 60th wedding anniversary trip to Alaska, and on excursions to Europe.

In addition to her beloved husband of 67 years, Daniel L. O'Reilly, she leaves her children, Daniel F. X. and his wife Patricia M. of Harwich, Kathleen M. Rigby and husband, Don, of Wheeling, West Virginia, Geraldine R. O'Neill and husband, Stephen, of Lexington and Eileen A. McCarthy and her husband James, of Amherst, New Hampshire; her grandchildren, Theresa M. O'Reilly, Christine E. Larimore, Erin M. Lagasse, Michael F. X. O'Reilly, Kara Lyn Boates, Scott MacCausland, Heather Malvey, Katherine J. McCarthy, Shamus D. McCarthy, and Patrick M. McCarthy; her great-grandhildren, Chase M. Larimore, Cohen J. Larimore, Ava G. Lagasse, Margaret E. Boates, Samantha L. Boates, Riley M. MacCausland, Kelly K. MacCausland, Natalie K. MacCausland and Ty A. Lagoni; her sisters, Theresa Miller of Langhorn, Pennsylvania and Leona Abbondanzio of Kingston and many nieces and nephews.

She was also a sister of the late Anna Hogan, Rev. Edmund Hogan, S.J., Elinor Hogan, William Hogan, Margaret O'Connell, Grace Zelinsky, Victor Hogan, Rhea Finkbeiner, Leo Hogan and Rosalie Crooks.

Family and friends will honor and remember Isabelle's life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Monday, May 14th, from 4 to 8 p.m. and again at 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Burial will follow in Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree.

Memorial donations may be made to the Jesuit Retirement Fund, c/o Campion Center, 319 Concord Road, Weston, MA 02493.