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Ellen O’Brien

d. June 11, 2022

Ellen O’Brien

Ellen Curley O’Brien, 79, of Chapel Hill, NC, died on June 11, 2022. She was born in Boston, MA on May 25, 1943, to the late Edward and Loretta (Fitzgerald) Curley. Her grandparents were born in Ireland. She graduated from Notre Dame High School and Stonehill College. She spent her career as a social worker in Quincy, MA, selflessly serving family, friends, and the community-at-large.

Ellen brought life, laughter, and good food into many lives – her family, her friends and neighbors, her caregivers, and so many people she met with along the way. She never met a stranger.

She is survived by her son, Timothy Clement O’Brien (Mindy Douglas) of Durham, NC, her step-grandson Tyler Adams of Wilmington, NC, and Joe Quirk and the late Carol Desmond, both of Quincy, MA, friends for life. She also leaves behind nephews Martin Quirk of Providence, RI, Stephen Curley of Scottsdale, AZ, and Michael Curley of Chicago, and niece Susan Curley of Jamestown, RI.

A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC on Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 11 a.m.

Visitation will be at Keohane Funeral Home in Quincy, MA from 8:30-9:30 AM on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. A funeral mass will follow at St. Gregory Parish at 10:30 AM with the burial afterward at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Foundation Fighting Blindness or Urban Ministries of Durham, NC.

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Visitation

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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Celebration of Life Service

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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Funeral Mass

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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