Mary Jo Dunleavy - Age 54, of West Roxbury formerly of Barre, VT, Sept. 4, 2009. Beloved daughter of the late Thomas P. and Claire (Bennett) Dunleavy. Devoted sister of Ann Dunleavy Gannon and her husband Thomas of Bethesda, MD, Martha Pellegrini and her husband Richard of Lakeland, FL, Catherine LeClerc and her husband William of Acton and the late Thomas P. Dunleavy, Jr. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Funeral from the PE Murray-George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 2000 Centre St., West Roxbury, Weds. at 10:30 a.m. Funeral Mass in St. Theresa's Church, West Roxbury at 11:30 a.m. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting hours Tues. 4-8. Interment will be held at St. Monica's Cemetery, Barre, VT at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Mary Jo's memory to Spina Bifida Assoc. of Mass., 321 Fortune Blvd., Milford, MA 01757.
Graduate of Univ. of Vermont Class of 1977, during the career of more than 30 years at the Children's Hospital in Boston, she worked at the urology and general surgery departments and most recently served as nurse coordinator of the hospital's spina bifida clinic.