1922
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2009
Mary Anne Barry
June 25, 1922 — February 14, 2009
Waltham – Mrs. Mary Anne (McCusker) Barry, of Waltham, died Saturday, February 14, 2009 at her home. She was 86.
Mary Anne was born in Newton on June 25, 1922, the oldest child of the late Hugh and Agnes (Mayhew) McCusker. She graduated from Newton High School and moved to Waltham in 1944. She worked for many years at the book store and administrative offices at Brandeis University in Waltham. Before that, Mary Anne worked for the Raytheon Company in Waltham.
Mary Anne kept busy throughout her life working and caring for her husband and five children who remember with affection her artistic flair and cooking and baking abilities.
The wife of the late William J. Barry, she leaves her children, William J. Barry, Jr. of Rowley, Linda Anne Cloonan and her husband, Jack, of West Caldwell, New Jersey, Michael D. Barry of Acton and Kathleen B. Masterson and her husband, Michael, of Lexington; her grandchildren, Kelly, Patrick and Katherine Barry, Jacey Cloonan and Emma Masterson; her sisters and brother, Margaret Weagle, Helen LaHaise and Joan Walsh, all of Waltham and Peter McCusker of Marlboro and many nieces and nephews.
She was also the mother of the late Robert F. Barry and sister of the late Kathleen Keating-Burrie and Richard McCusker.
Family and friends will honor and remember Mary Anne's life by gathering for calling hours at The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and again at 10 a.m. on Wednesday before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Waltham.
Memorial donations may be made to Compassionate Care Hospice, 800 West Cummings Park, Suite 3400, Woburn, MA 01801.
Mary Anne was born in Newton on June 25, 1922, the oldest child of the late Hugh and Agnes (Mayhew) McCusker. She graduated from Newton High School and moved to Waltham in 1944. She worked for many years at the book store and administrative offices at Brandeis University in Waltham. Before that, Mary Anne worked for the Raytheon Company in Waltham.
Mary Anne kept busy throughout her life working and caring for her husband and five children who remember with affection her artistic flair and cooking and baking abilities.
The wife of the late William J. Barry, she leaves her children, William J. Barry, Jr. of Rowley, Linda Anne Cloonan and her husband, Jack, of West Caldwell, New Jersey, Michael D. Barry of Acton and Kathleen B. Masterson and her husband, Michael, of Lexington; her grandchildren, Kelly, Patrick and Katherine Barry, Jacey Cloonan and Emma Masterson; her sisters and brother, Margaret Weagle, Helen LaHaise and Joan Walsh, all of Waltham and Peter McCusker of Marlboro and many nieces and nephews.
She was also the mother of the late Robert F. Barry and sister of the late Kathleen Keating-Burrie and Richard McCusker.
Family and friends will honor and remember Mary Anne's life by gathering for calling hours at The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and again at 10 a.m. on Wednesday before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Waltham.
Memorial donations may be made to Compassionate Care Hospice, 800 West Cummings Park, Suite 3400, Woburn, MA 01801.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mary Anne Barry, please visit our flower store.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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