Patricia (Dwyer) McElhinney, 77, a resident of Methuen, Massachusetts died on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born on March 6, 1934 to Vincent & Margaret (Danahy) Dwyer in Lawrence, Massachusetts. She was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Lawrence and a graduate of St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing in Brighton. She worked as a Registered Nurse for over 40 years, and spent several years working in the Intensive Care Unit at the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen until her retirement in 1997. She loved to spend time with her family and her grandchildren at her summer home in Hampton, NH. She loved to read and travel as well.
She is the wife of the late William J. McElhinney. She is survived by her daughters: Kathleen McElhinney of Hampton, NH and Dr. Maureen Norman and her husband Michael Reilly of North Andover, MA, also her sons: Kevin and his wife Deborah of Methuen, MA, and Brian and his wife Colleen of Newburyport, MA. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Daniel, Benjamin, and Fionna Norman, Timothy McElhinney, and Eamon, Norah, and Deirdre McElhinney, and one sister Geraldine Dwyer of North Andover, MA. Also survived by several cousins, nieces and nephews.
A funeral mass will be celebrated on Tuesday April 19, 2011 at 10:00AM in St. Michael Church in North Andover, MA. A burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Lawrence.
Friends may call on Monday, April 18, 2011 from 4:00PM to 8:00PM at the John Breen Memorial Funeral Home Inc. 35 Merrimack Street, North Andover, MA. 01841. For more information or to send an online condolence please go to www.breenfuneralhome.com.
Memorial contributions can be made to the International Myeloma Foundation, 12650 Riverside Drive, Suite 206, North Hollywood, CA, 91607-3421.