Claire O'Brien
October 13, 1936 ~ May 26, 2016
DANVERS- Claire (Reed) O’Brien, 79, passed away surrounded by her family on May 26, 2016 in the Kaplan family Hospice House.
Born in Lynn on October 13, 1936, she was the daughter of the later Louis and Rita (Hogan) Reed. She was raised in Lynn, where she graduated from parochial school. She had been a resident of Danvers for many years and had been an active member of Saint Mary of the Annunciation Church. She also volunteered at the Danvers Senior Center. Claire had been employed at Analogic and also waitressed for many years. Some of her favorite activities included taking long walks, swimming, visiting local beaches, sewing and crafting. Her greatest joys in life were her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and all her dear friends.
She is survived by her daughter, Rita Mirandi-Devejian and her husband Michael Devejian of Tewksbury, five grandchildren, Erin McKinnon of Peabody, Kaitlyn Cotter of FL, Timothy Mirandi of RI, Kristen Cotter of Peabody and Frank Mirandi of Danvers, four great grandchildren, Kaila and Rae McKinnon and Michael and Grayson Mirandi, four siblings, Donna Merryman of Danvers, Dotty Brennan of Worcester, Linda Markevich of SC and Louis Reed of ME and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her daughter, Dorothy Giunta-Cotter.
Her Funeral Service will be celebrated at 11AM on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at C.R. Lyons & Sons, Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers. Visitation will be held from 10AM-10:45Am on Wednesday prior to the service. Burial will be held in Annunciation Cemetery, Danvers. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Dorothy Giunta-Cotter name to HAWC, 27 Congress St, Salem, MA 01970 or Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, 2 Harris St., Newburyport, MA, 01950.
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My Mom, Jean Dagley, became friends with Claire at the Danvers Senior Center in recent years, Mom enjoyed being Claire’s friend, and we enjoyed waving to Claire (in her car) as she passed by our home on Pickering Street in Danvers over the last 7 years or so.
We shall miss those big waves & smiles!
Our condolences to your family.
Susan & Glenn Dagley
Danvers
To the family of Claire, I express my deepest sympathy.
The loss of such a warm, loving, and gracious woman as Claire certainly causes
much sorrow to all who have had the privilege and pleasure of knowing her.
As her family, you have many years of precious memories of her.
May these cherished memories warm your hearts amidst the sorrow. And may it
bring you comfort to know that Claire is in the safest possible place…..in the
loving hands of God.
As you know, Claire had a strong love for God and for his Word the Bible.
Since the beginning of the year we would spend time together closely examining
the teachings of the Bible. The last few times we did this, we focused on the many
promises that God made to rid the earth of all wickedness, violence, wars, suffering,
sickness, even death. We also read of God’s promise to resurrect all in the graves.
Claire immediately thought of her dear loved ones.
It comforted Claire to learn from her Bible that there is a wonderful hope
for the future. It is God’s purpose that mankind live forever on a paradise
earth. He will accomplish this by means of the Kingdom government Jesus taught us to pray for. God’s will or purpose for the earth will finally be done as it is in heaven.
I will greatly miss my very dear friend Claire. I have learned much from her and
consider my time with her as very precious. Claire was a blessing in my life for which I thank Jehovah for.
Most sincerely,
Nancy Cates
I am so sorry for your loss. She was a wonderful, sweet woman. God Bless your family.
I miss my sis. We have had many memories and fun together. I could not count them all because there were so many. She was my mentor an ever present sister in time of need. She never ever judged me, she accepted me for who I was. I will always be grateful to God that He put my sister Claire into my life. Thank you Lord – I love and miss my sister Claire.
My sister Claire.