Jeanne McEnaney

Hyde Park – Ms. Alice Jeanne McEnaney, of Hyde Park, formerly of Waltham, died Sunday, April 5, 2015 in the New England Sinai Hospital Rehabilitation Center at Carney Hospital in Boston. She was 71.

Jeanne was born in Newton on February 9, 1944, a daughter of the late John and Margaret (Hynes) McEnaney and lived most of her life in Waltham and in Hyde Park.

She recently retired from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham where she made life-long friendships. She graduated from Saint Mary's High School in Waltham and Boston State College. Jeanne was an elementary school teacher for many years. She loved sports and played basketball and softball in high school and college and she loved to bowl. Jeanne was a coach for the girls high school basketball team at Saint Mary's High School in Brookline. She enjoyed traveling to various parts of Maine in the summer, especially to York Beach.

Jeanne loved to spend time with her nieces and nephews as well as her grandnieces and grandnephew. She took a regular interest in their school and sporting events.

She had a contagious laugh that will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her dear friend, Peg McDonough of Hyde Park; her siblings, John McEnaney of Charleston South Carolina, Eileen McEnaney of Hyde Park, Thomas McEnaney and his wife, Jean, of Sunderland,MA and Carol Cote of York, Maine; her nieces and nephew and their families, Debi McEnaney of Sunderland and her daughters, Madison and Tori Bowen; Laura Valk and her husband, Eli, of Princeton and their children, Hayley and Reggie Valk; John McEnaney and his wife, Kristen, of Marlborough and their daughters, Anna Cate and Hallie McEnaney; Karyn Cote and her husband, Dylan Gallagher, of Saco, Maine and Michelle Cote and her friend, Ron Largy, of Litchfield, New Hampshire.

Family and friends will honor and remember Jeanne's life by gathering for her calling hours on Thursday, April 9th, from 4-7 pm in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street, Waltham and again on Friday at 9 am before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 am. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Waltham.

Memorial donations may be made to The New England Sinai Hospital Rehab, Carney Hospital, 2100 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02124, where Jeanne gave a "thumbs up" to their very caring and compassionate staff.