Counihan-Grant, Leonora, SFO,of Boston, January 27, 2011 at age 71. Beloved daughter of the late John J. and Madeline Hagan Counihan. Loving mother of Mary Kelly,Kathleen Carey, Gerald Grant, Teresa Sousa, Leonora O'Farrell, Patricia Ghannam, Amy Grant, James Grant and the late Carol and John Grant. Loving grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of 4.
Sister of John Counihan Jr., Robert Counihan, Kathleen Greene and the late Michael Counihan. Leonora leaves many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and an extended circle of friends here and in Ireland. Funeral from the Rogers Funeral Home, 380 Cambridge St., Cambridge Monday at 830 am. Funeral Mass in St. Joseph's Church, 68 William Cardinal O'Connell Way, Boston's West End at 10 am Visiting Hours Sunday 2 to 6 pm.
Longtime parishioner and Eucharistic Minister of St. Joseph's Catholic
Church in The West End.
Retired Senior Advocate for the City of Boston's Elderly Commission.
Volunteer foster grandparent at the Commonwealth Children's Center.
Longtime member of the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in her memory to The Catholic
Worker, 36 East 1st St., NY, NY.10003