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Obituary: Published in The Republican from April 18 to April 19, 2010
Ann M. O'Brien 1935 - 2010 SPRINGFIELD Ann M. (Hoar) O'Brien, 74, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, April 15, 2010 in Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born in Springfield, daughter of the late Ignatius and Margaret (O'Brien) Hoar, she was a lifelong resident of Springfield. She was a 1952 graduate of the former Sacred Heart High School and a 1954 graduate of the former Bay Path Junior College. Ann was a retired secretary for the former Monsanto Company and had been a poll worker for the City of Springfield for thirty years. She was also a communicant of Holy Name Church. Ann enjoyed gardening and watching her grandchildren at their various sporting events. She leaves her husband of nearly fifty-two years, Stephen D. O'Brien, Jr., two sons and their wives, Stephen D. O'Brien, III and Joan O'Brien of Westfield, Robert J. and Lori O'Brien of Springfield, her daughter and her husband, Leslie-Ann and James Roux of East Longmeadow, a sister and her husband, Clare and J. Stanley Cummings of Longmeadow, seven grandchildren, Ryan, Brendan, Stephen, Michael, John and Meghan O'Brien and Emily Roux, her sisters-in-law, Lucy (Brunelle) Hoar of Lakeland, FL, Joan O'Brien, Clare O'Brien both of Springfield, Patricia O'Connor of Palm Bay, FL, a brother-in-law and his wife, Brian T. and Candyce O'Brien of Springfield and several nephews and nieces. She was predeceased by two brothers, John and Robert Hoar, two brothers-in-law, Kevin P. O'Brien, John P. O'Brien, and a sister-in-law, Doreen (Winters) Hoar who died April 13, 2010. The funeral will be Wednesday at 8:30am from the Agawam Funeral Home, 184 Main Street, with a Mass in Holy Name Church at 9:30. The burial will follow in the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to the calling hours on Tuesday from 4-7 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Holy Name Church, 323 Dickinson Street, Springfield, MA 01108.
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