Sybil L. Leary

Sybil L. Leary, 90, of Hingham and West Hyannisport, passed away on Sunday, March 25th, 2018.

Born on January 10, 1928 in Quincy, MA, she was the daughter of the late Herbert N. and Dorothy (Walden) Burns. Sybil was a graduate of North Quincy High School. She was a cheerleader and Co Captain for five years. After completing high school, she attended the Katharine Gibbs School of Boston. Sybil had a wonderful and rewarding career in investment securities at A.L. Albee and Co. In 1949, she married the love of her life, Ronald F. Leary and they shared 68 happy years together. They had five children, fourteen grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. Sybil enjoyed skiing, playing golf, gardening, painting, playing bridge, doing needlework, knitting and crocheting. She enjoyed all sports and cheered loyally for her Boston teams. Sybil was a member of the Garden Club of Hanover. She was a member of the Order of Rainbow for Girls and a Girl Scout. Sybil was a member of St Andrew’s Episcopal Church of Hanover where she taught Sunday school along with her husband Ronald. Sybil was blessed with a kind and loving heart. She new the value of a smile and was gifted at passing them on. She could get just about anyone to smile. Sybil was truly beautiful inside and out.

In addition to her parents and twin sisters, Dorothy (Burns) Anderson and Phyllis Burns, she was predeceased by her son, Richard M. Leary and loving husband, Ronald F. Leary. She also leaves behind four daughters, Kathleen Olsson and her husband David of Hingham, Susan Wachob and her husband George of Bedford, VA, Deborah Eckhart and her husband Michael of Lancaster, PA, Nancy McKown and her husband Louis of Downingtown, PA; Six grandsons, Erik Olsson, Tim Wachob, Louis, Matthew, William, and Joseph McKown; Eight granddaughters, Lyndsie Olsson, Jody (Wachob) Carson, Erin (Wachob) Wood, Robyn (Wachob) Welker, Stephanie (Eckhart) Cahoon, Suzanne and Jennifer Eckhart, and Laura McKown; and twenty-three great grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visiting hours on Saturday, March 31, 2018 from 9:30-11 AM at the Pyne Keohane Funeral Home, 21 Emerald St. (Off Central St.) Hingham. The funeral service will be celebrated on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Pyne Keohane Funeral Home, Hingham. A private burial for immediate and extended family will follow at the Hanover Center Cemetery, 47 Main St., Hanover, MA, 02339. A memorial contribution in Sybil’s memory may be made to the charity of your choice.