Obituary of Sally O'Reilly

O’REILLY, Sally Marie (nee McEachern) – Peacefully with family by her side, on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, Sally died at St. Joseph’s Hospice at the age of 79.  Beloved wife of the late James O’Reilly (2001). Dear mother of the late James Michael O’Reilly (1988), Mary Jane Thomson, St. Mary’s, Mark O’Reilly, Sarnia, Patrick O’Reilly, Sarnia and Joan (Tony) Olsen, Point Edward. Loving grandmother of Stephanie Thomson-Grice (JP Grice), Andrew (Tanya) Thomson, Rosie, Duncan and Luke O’Reilly, Jacqueline Meade, Trevor, Sarah and Corey Olsen. Great-grandmother of Gwyneth, James, Oliver, Daisy and Alexis.  Sister of David (Anne) McEachern, Anne Peck, Betty (Gil) Murray, Joan (John) Hawkins and Colleen Kendall.  Predeceased by parents Duncan and Mary (Beaton) McEachern, brothers Stephen and Daniel McEachern and sister Kay McCormick. Sally was the past president and a 50 year member of the Catholic Women’s League as well as a member of Greenwood Golf Course and the Machine Knitters Guild.  Friends will be received at the McKENZIE & BLUNDY FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTRE, 431 Christina St. N., Sarnia, on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. where prayers will offered at p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Fr. Ross Bartley at St. Benedict’s Church on Monday, May 30th at 12 p.m.  Interment to follow at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery where Sally will be buried with her husband and son. As an expression of sympathy, friends who wish may send memorial donations to St. Joseph’s Hospice, 475 N. Christina St., Sarnia  N7T 5W3.  Messages of condolence and memories may be left at www.mckenzieblundy.com A tree will be planted in memory of Sally O'Reilly in the McKenzie & Blundy Memorial Forest. Dedication service Sunday, September 18th, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wawanosh Wetlands Conservation Area