Mrs. Mary C. (Dewire) Lyons, age 74, died January 8, 2011 at the Winchester Nursing Care Center, after a lengthy illness. Born in Boston, Mary was the beloved daughter of the late Marie C. (Sheerin) & William H. Dewire. Mary was a Woburn resident for the last 50 years, formerly of Cambridge.
Mary was raised in Cambridge where she attended St. Paul's Elementary School, Mt. St. Joseph Academy, where she graduated from in 1954 and then went on to Boston University and graduated in 1958. She became a teacher and started to work in the Waltham Public School district in 1958. Mary married Joseph B. Lyons in August of 1960 and soon after moved to Woburn where they raised their family. During this time Mary taught CCD to the young children of Woburn. When her own children grew older, Mary returned to teaching in the Woburn school system throughout the 1980's and 1990's, eventually retiring in the late 1990's.
Mary was the beloved wife of the late Joseph B. Lyons. Devoted mother of Joseph B. Lyons, and his wife Patricia of Burlington, and Barry W. Lyons of Billerica. Loving grandmother of Julie, Joseph, Sean, Connor and Griffin Lyons. Sister of John A. Dewire of Cambridge, Eileen Dewire-Locke of Billerica and the late Edward F. Dewire.
Funeral from the McLaughlin-Dello Russo Funeral Home, 60 Pleasant St., WOBURN, THURSDAY at 9 AM. Followed by a funeral mass celebrated in St. Charles Church, 280 Main St. Woburn at 10 AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours Tuesday 4 thru 8. Services will conclude with burial at Calvary Cemetery, Woburn.