Eleanore T. Rielly

Eleanore T. Rielly MILLIS Eleanore T. (McManus) Rielly, age 89, died on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at her Millis home. Born on October 6, 1918, in Bangor, Maine, she was one of eight children born to John and Margaret (McTigue) McManus. Mrs. Rielly graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Portland, Maine, as a registered nurse in 1935. She pursued post-graduate work at Long Island College Hospital in New York and worked for three years in labor and delivery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. In 1949, she married Thomas Michael Rielly, her husband of 58 years. They lived for several years in Springfield, prior to settling in Millis in 1955. Mrs. Rielly had continued her nursing career for 23 years at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick. She most loved caring for her children and grandchildren. She was a communicant of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. Predeceased by her husband in 2007, she is survived by four daughters, Maryanne Rielly Lewis and her husband, Ronald, of Wayland, Kathleen Rielly and her husband, David Wilkins, of Franklin, Margaret D. Rielly Banco and her husband, Robert, of Medfield, and Eileen E. Rielly of Newton; two sisters, Mary Thompson and her husband, Paul, of Richmond, Va., and Anne Sage of Natick; one brother, Reginald McManus and his wife, Kathleen, of Springfield, Va.; eight grandchildren, David Brodeur, Ryan, Michael and Matthew Lewis, Sarah, Erin and Darcy Banco and Madeline Rielly, and many nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 182 Exchange St., Millis, Saturday, June 28, at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Visiting hours will be in the Roberts-Mitchell Funeral Home, 15 Miller St., Medfield, Friday, June 27, from 4 to 7 p.m. If desired, donations may be made in Mrs. Riellys memory to the Millis Ambulance Fund, c/o Lt. Howley, 885 Main St., Millis, MA 02054. For guest book, obituary and directions, please see www.robertsmitchell.com.