Jeanne F. Reilly

REILLY, Jeanne F., youngest daughter and ninth of ten children born to John I. and Cecelia M. (O'Leary) Reilly in Tucson, Arizona. Jeanne was born in the family home, which also served as the Reilly Funeral Home. She lived there most of her life. She is survived by 33 nieces and nephews and their families. She was in the original graduating class of Ss. Peter and Paul Grade School. She graduated from St. Mary's High School and attended St. Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Education and her Master's in Education from the University of Arizona. She taught school in the Tucson Unified School District for 36 years. Starting her career at Elizabeth Borton and eventually moving to Duffy School. She often joked that she had never left first grade. Proudly known throughout her life as one of the Reilly girls, she and sister, Helen Reilly were often seen together tending to business in the downtown they loved, traveling to church at Santa Cruz, or shopping for gifts for friends and family. Many of the people they met will remember their independent spirit, and the love they shared with all. Neither had children of their own, or ever married but they always remembered their nieces and nephews special events such as Christmas, birthdays and weddings. Jeanne has now rejoined John, Christopher, Mary, Cecelia, Loretta, Julia, Helen, Alice and James. There will be a Funeral Mass at St. Margaret's Parish, 801 N. Grande Ave., Tucson, AZ, on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., burial will follow at Holy Hope Cemetery, 3555 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson, AZ. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the charity of your choice or to Peppi's House Hospice of Tucson Medical Center. Funeral arrangements by CARRILLO'S TUCSON MORTUARY, INC.