Margery J. Cleary Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Margery J. Cleary (Concord, Massachusetts), who passed away on December 18, 2022, at the age of 91, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her husband Jim; her parents, Webster Howard and Eleanor Howard (Casey); her sisters, Barbara Schmidt, Irene Wallace and Elizabeth Hourihan; her brothers-in-law, Thomas Donovan, Richard Wallace and Daniel Hourihan; and her cousins, Richard and George Dennis.

She is survived by: her children, Leonard Jr. (Susan Andrew) of Dickinson, TX, Diane M. of Concord, MA, David M. (Margaret) of Hobe Sound, FL, Linda J. of Springfield, MA, Maureen Laurin (Joseph) of Concord, MA, Dorothea Cvelbar (Joseph), Joseph H. (Nancy) of Windsor, CT and Robert F Cleary of Concord, MA.; her siblings, Jean Donovan McNeish of Winthrop, MA, Webster (Marie Howard) of Lagrangeville, NY and Eleanor Howard of Mashpee, MA; her brother-in-law James Schmidt of Norwood, MA.; her grandchildren, Timothy (Erica), James (Claudia), Daniel Cleary, David II, Dillon, Sarah (James), Susannah Cleary, Emile, Michael Laurin, Marin Cvelbar, Jacqueline, William Cleary, Jackson, Caitlyn and Lucy Cleary; and her great grandchild Asher Cleary. She is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews and many friends.

Long before COVID made it commonplace, she worked to establish streaming services at her parish and took great comfort from attending daily mass online during her later years.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Saint Anthony Shrine/Franciscan Food Bank, 100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110.