NATICK: Mary J. Cunniff, age 75, a longtime Natick resident and retired elementary school teacher, died on Saturday, November 14, 2015, after a long illness. Daughter of the late Richard J. and Margaret A. (Curtis) Cunniff, she was a graduate of Saint Peters School in Saratoga, NY, and continued her education at Boston State Teachers’ College earning both Bachelor and Master’s Degrees.
Miss Cunniff taught second grade classes in Natick for 39 years, initially at the East School and then at Bennett-Hemenway, until her 2001 retirement. Devoted to a close circle of friends, Miss Cunniff enjoyed theater, travel, and reading.
She is survived by her brother, Patrick Cunniff and his wife Ellen of No. Kingstown, RI, three sisters, Meg Cunniff of Merrimack, NH, Ellen Cunniff of Billerica, and Kathy Spivey of Mt. Laurel, NJ; her nieces and nephews, Patrick Cunniff, Jr. and his wife Katie of Athens, GA, Colleen Hall and her husband Brian of No. Kingstown, RI, Kerrie Colleran and her husband Brian of Fort Myers, FL, Ellen Spivey of So. Brunswick, NJ, and Robert Spivey and his wife Aimee of New York City; and her grandnieces and nephews, Casidy, Tim, Jacob, Aubrey, and Aidan.
Her funeral will be from the John Everett & Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park Street at Natick Common, on Monday November 23rd at 9:00AM with a Mass of Christian Burial in Saint Linus Church, 119 Hartford Street, Natick at 10:00AM.
Visiting hours will be Sunday 2 – 5PM.