Joan Marie O'Connor

Joan Marie (Sheehan) O'Connor, 77, of Wheaton Drive, Attleboro, died on Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Hospice Facility in Providence, Rhode Island where she had been for the previous 20 days. She was the wife of William Thomas O'Connor to whom she was married on November 3, 1956. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 7, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Francis and Marion (Young) Sheehan. She graduated from Cardinal Cushing High School in South Boston. Mrs. O'Connor was employed as a medical secretary at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for ten years prior to her retirement and devoting herself to her family. A resident of Attleboro for the past twenty years, Mrs. O'Connor previously resided in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. She treasured the time spent in Aruba with her beloved husband. In addition to her husband of 55 years, she leaves six children: Robert W. O'Connor of Lowell; Karen E. Mello of Norton; Janice M. Harty of Dorchester; Lauren N. Savage of Scituate; Denise R. Choukas of Dorchester and James O'Connor of Quincy; eleven grandchildren; a brother: Francis Sheehan of Braintree; several nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends. Private services will be followed by burial in the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne. Please omit flowers. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Mrs. O'Connor's name may be made to the Dyer-Lake Charitable Foundation, Inc., a registered 503 (c) (3) organization, 161 Commonwealth Avenue, North Attleboro, MA 02760 to benefit the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Hospice Facility. To send the family an expression of sympathy, please visit an online register book located on the internet at www.dyer-lakefuneralhome.com . Arrangements under the direction of the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, 161 Commonwealth Avenue, Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro. (508) 695-0200.