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obit- Metrowest Daily News; Framingham, MA
Janice E. O'Leary
MARLBOROUGH - Janice E. (Straw) O'Leary, 77, died peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006, at her home, after a long illness.
She was the wife of Perry W. O'Leary for 56 years.
Born in Marlborough, daughter of the late Stanley and Blanche (Potter) Straw, she lived in Marlborough all her life. A graduate of Marlborough High School, Class of 1946, she served as secretary of the class all four years of high school and organized both the 50-year and 60-year class reunions.
A graduate of South Middlesex Secretarial School of Framingham, she worked for many years at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, retiring in 1989. She was a lifelong devoted member of the First Church (in Marlborough) Congregational, a member and longtime secretary of the Women's Fellowship, and longtime table chairman for the annual church fair. She was a faithful member of the Women's Bible Study and a former member of the church choir. She served an active ministry as a visitor to the church shut-ins and was a driver to weekly services for those needing a ride.
Mrs. O'Leary was a member and past worthy matron of Mizpah Chapter 29 Order of the Eastern Star and a current longtime treasurer of the chapter. A devoted quilting enthusiast, she loved knitting and crocheting, gardening and her dog, Cleo. With her husband, she was a longtime member of the Seven Hills Square Dance Club of Marlborough and a devoted camping enthusiast, and she loved playing cards.
Besides her husband, she leaves two sons, Stephen A. O'Leary and his wife, Kathleen (Mutti), of Northborough and Lester R. O'Leary of Jupiter, Fla.; two sisters, Marjorie L. Carpenter and Barbara E. Somerville, both of Marlborough; four grandchildren, Kelly Lefevre and her husband, Robert, Elizabeth Oberacher and her husband, Marc, Patrick O'Leary and his wife, Cassey, and Caitlin O'Leary; two great-grandchildren, Perry Lefevre and Ella Oberbacher; and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held Saturday, Dec. 30, at 10 a.m., at First Church (in Marlborough) Congregational, corner of High and Bolton streets.
Burial will be in Rural Cemetery, Southborough.
Visiting hours are Friday, Dec. 29, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the William R. Short and Son Funeral Home, 95 West Main St., Marlborough.
The family suggests that memorial donations be made to Aleppo Temple Shrine, 99 Fordham Road, Wilmington, MA 0887; or the Memorial Fund at First Church (Marlborough), 37 High St., Marlborough, MA 01752.

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Janice married Perry W. O'Leary. (Perry W. O'Leary died in 2010 and was buried in Southborough Rural Cemetery - Worcester County, Massachusetts.)