Eileen M. DuRoss

Eileen Marie (Shea) DuRoss (88) of Medway, formerly of Medfield and Everett MA passed away peacefully on November 13th 2025. She was the beloved wife of Neil DuRoss, to whom she had been married for 56 years.

Born in Boston to James and Julia (Spillane) Shea, she was the second of three children born to Irish Immigrants who made their home in Everett. Jeremiah, Eileen and Maureen filled the home with the promise of the American dream. Their graduation portraits proudly hung on the living room wall.

Educated by Catholic schools she went to Immaculate Conception and then Matignon High School. After high school she entered Boston Teachers College, graduating in 1959 as a high school math teacher. She worked as a teacher for the Everett Public Schools from 1960 - 1970.

Elieen pursued her Master's in Education through the National Science Foundation, spending three summers at Montclair College in New Jersey. While learning the principles of math and science education she made friends with teachers from all over the country and enjoyed frequent trips to NYC.

This is also where she met a teacher from California.

Neil was teaching in Los Angeles and, of all the programs he could have entered, he selected the NSF program and there he met a girl. The rest, as they say, was history,

Eileen and Neil married in 1969 and soon after bought a house in Medfield where they lived for 51 years. A town neither had heard of before became Eileen's favorite place. She loved Medfield and she loved her home.

This is where she welcomed her two children Pamela and Paul. Where she hosted many dinners with the neighborhood Gourmet Club, played bridge, taught CCD, celebrated with family, and cooked with an abundance of vegetables ("you have to eat your colors"). She made the house a home. Eileen had a knack for making everything more special with her creative touch, adding lace, stencils, or bows to make it just right.

In 1980 after 10 years of staying home with her children Eileen returned to teaching; this time at Medfield HS where she taught math until she retired. Always a teacher, she enjoyed helping nieces, nephews, and neighbors even tutoring by phone all the way to California.

Travel was something Neil and Eileen enjoyed having driven across the country 3 times before the children came. One summer, when the kids were 6 and 8, Neil decided to buy a tent. Summers after the family traveled to many state parks and historical sites. Eileen and camping were not perfect go-togethers however she loved how her family made memories on these trips. After they retired, Neil and Eileen went on several trips to Canada and Europe, which Eileen enjoyed more than the camping trips.

Eileen always had a love of reading and piles and piles of books from the library shifted to Kindle downloads. A day did not go by without her diving into a book.

As her health declined, reading continued to be a love. Needing to downsize, Neil and Eileen sold her beloved home and moved to the WIllows in Medway.

Eileen was wife to her beloved husband Neil, mother to Pamela Rieth, and her husband Matt of Mansfield Ma. and Paul DuRoss and his wife Merri of Reading Ma. Grandmother to Daniel, William, and Samuel Rieth and Colin, Patrick, Sean, and Kyle DuRoss.

She was the sister to the late Jeremiah Shea and his late wife Elizabeth Shea and Maureen Cooke and her late husband Richard Cooke. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Calling hours will be held on Wednesday November 19, 2025 from 4 pm to 7pm at Roberts Mitchell Caruso Funeral Home, 15 Miller St, Medfield MA 02052

A funeral mass will be celebrated on Thursday, November 20th at 10 am at Saint Edwards the Confessor in Medfield Ma with burial following at Vine Lake Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, if you are so inclined, a donation to the Medfield Senior Center FOSI, please send your check, made payable to FOSI, to The Center at Medfield, 1 Ice House Road, Medfield MA, 02052, or call The Center at 508-359-3665.