- Date Of Birth: April 2, 1925
- Date Of Death: October 9, 2019
- State: Massachusetts
Eileen O’Connor (94) passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 9th, 2019 with family members by her side.
Eileen grew up in Holyoke with her siblings Jack, Loretta and Robert (Bob). Eileen was the second to youngest. She attended neighborhood schools in Holyoke and graduated from Holyoke High School. In her early twenties she studied to become a medical laboratory technician in Boston.
In the early 1970’s the family moved to a farm in Southampton, where they spent the next 28 years.
For 30 years they spent winters in St Croix in the Virgin Islands enjoying golf and tennis with their many friends from the Reef Community.
Their final home together was at the Lathrop Community in Easthampton, where they enjoyed a quiet few years.
Eileen was predeceased by her husband Charles, who passed away in 2014.
She is also predeceased by her brother Jack Vachon and his wife Marguerite; and her sister Loretta Burke and her husband John Burke.
She leaves her five children; Lawrence O’Connor and his wife Barbara Turner Delisle of Hatfield; Michael O’Connor of Northampton; Ellen O’Connor of Raleigh, North Carolina; Timothy O’Connor and his wife Annie of Southampton; and Anne O’Connor and her husband Glendon Chamberlin of New Marlborough. In addition, she leaves 10 grandchildren; 2 step grandchildren; and 6 great grandchildren. She also leaves her brother Robert (Bob) Vachon and his wife Pauline, and many nieces and nephews.
