Una Hyland O’Connor

1929 - 2020

Una Hyland O'Connor (Kernan), 91, of Panama City Beach, FL, and formerly of Danvers, MA, passed away on August 11, 2020.  She was born on July 10, 1929 in Dublin, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States in the early sixties.  

Una, a successful businesswoman, ran a marketing research corporation for nearly 50 years providing key insights into American retail consumer behavior to her household name clients.  Una will be remembered as a generous person always willing to extend the hand of friendship and support to those in need and no more so than to her fellow Irish countrymen and women who followed her path to the Lady of Liberty.  Una's home was always full of exciting activity and it is not hard to imagine Una and her late husband Jack lighting up a room somewhere with "craic agus ceol"  (fun and music).  Una enjoyed world travel and visited many foreign countries including China, Egypt, Vietnam, the Galapagos Islands, and Europe.  

She finally retired at the age of 86 and moved to Florida with her sister Anne Kernan (deceased) to live with her son John Hyland, her daughter-in-law Joan Altenpohl and family in Panama City Beach.   Most recently, she resided at Seagrass Village.

She is preceded in death by her first husband, Philip J. Hyland, her second husband John O'Connor (Jack), her son Philip L. Hyland, her son Frederick Hyland, her brother Gerard Kernan and her sister Anne Kernan.  Una is survived by her son John Hyland of Florida, Stephen Hyland of Ireland, her brother Denis of Ireland, and eight grandchildren (Shannon, Kathryn, Stephanie, Michael, Keelyanne, Pierce, Frederick, and Harry).

Arrangements: A private viewing will be held at the Wilson funeral home in Panama City, Florida.  Una will be laid to rest in Danvers, MA next to her son Philip and husband Jack.  Also, the ashes of her beloved sister Anne will be buried with Una.

Wilson Funeral Home
Family Owned Since 1911
214 Airport Road
Panama City, Fla.
850-785-5272