Kathleen M. Sheridan
December 8, 1943 ~ May 29, 2025
Born in:
Melrose, Massachusetts
Resided in:
Danvers, Massachusetts
Kathleen M. (O’Brien) Sheridan, 81, of Danvers, died Thursday, May 29, 2025 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. She was the wife of the late James E. Sheridan, with whom she shared 55 years of marriage.
Born in Melrose on December 8, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine (Moran) O’Brien. She was raised and educated in Melrose and was a graduate of the former St. Mary’s Girls High School, Class of 1961. She furthered her education at Cambridge Junior College.
A longtime Melrose resident, Kathy worked for more than thirty years in the Health Services Department at Tufts University. She later worked part-time at the Danvers Historical Society, volunteered at the Danvers Senior Center, and served as the treasurer and secretary of The Echo Society.
She loved travel and traversed the globe in recent years with her late husband and sister-in-law, Shirley.
She leaves a daughter, Melinda Sheridan of Peabody, and several nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Thomas, Vincent, Ronald, Robert, and Mary O’Brien.
At Kathy’s request, funeral services are private. Donations in her memory may be made to the America Lung Association, 1661 Worcester Ave., Framingham, MA 01701. To share an expression of sympathy with her family, please visit www.LyonsFuneral.com.
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You will be so greatly missed with your caring love and support for all of us throughout the years. You have given us strength and wisdom through all our family’s trials and tribulations. You gave us strength when we were weak. You were such a caring,supportive sister to your sister Mary when she needed you.
I will miss knowing you were always there when we needed honest and true advice. You will always be in my heart 💜
Love you always,
Your niece Pauline