Katherine Agnes “Katie” (Brogan) Keaney

Eileen Foley Obituary Eileen Rita Foley (nee Keaney), 91, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at her residence in Texas. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, N.J., at 9:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Ridgedale Ave., East Hanover, N.J. Visiting will be on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Dangler Funeral Home, 600 Speedwell Avenue, Morris Plains, N.J. Born in Portland, Maine, to Thomas and Catherine (Brogan) Keaney, Eileen worked for Loren, Short and Harmon Company in Portland as a secretary until meeting her husband, Joseph, who was stationed in Portland during World War II, and they married. She moved to Whippany, N.J., where she lived for almost 70 years until moving to Houston, Texas, in 2011. After raising her six children, she worked for Burrelle's Clipping Press, Livingston, N.J., and Bamberger's/Macy's, Morristown, N.J. She was a member of Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Church in Cedar Knolls, N.J. and the Hanover Township Senior Citizens. She loved attending aerobics/jazzercize classes, playing golf and going to the Papermill Playhouse every month. She was also a longtime member of the Hanover Township Women's Bowling League. Eileen was predeceased by her loving husband of 59 years, Joseph Cornelius Foley, and sisters, Mary Keaney Welsh DePaulo, Margaret Keaney and Catherine Keaney. She is survived by her loving sister, Gertrude Keaney Foley, Portland, Maine; six children, Rita Marie Foley (Jill Kelleher) of Vermont; Marilyn (William) Caruso of Texas; Eileen (David) Rough, Long Valley, N.J.; Thomas (Mary Ann) Foley of St. Louis, Mo.; Joanne F. Morris (Joseph Sanchelli), Whippany, N.J., and Cynthia (Kenneth) Harper of Chicago, Ill.; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was loved dearly by everyone. Her bright blue eyes, happy smile and contagious laugh will be missed by all. Published by The Star-Ledger on Aug. 26, 2012.

Thomas Francis Keaney of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine United States was born in 1891 in Roundstone, G Ireland to Patrick Keaney and Mary Keaney. He married Katherine Agnes “Katie” (Brogan) Keaney, and they were married until Thomas' death in 1950. Thomas Keaney had children Mary Elizabeth (Keaney) Depaulo, Eileen Rita (Keaney) Foley, Catherine A. (Keaney), Margaret M Keaney, and Gertrude Ann (Keaney).

Katherine Agnes (Brogan) Keaney of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine United States was born on January 3, 1894 at Kiltumper in CE Ireland to Mary Ann (Hehir) Brogan and Michael Brogan. She had siblings Bridget Agnes "Delia" (Brogan) Pender, Thomas Michael Brogan, Ellen Theresa (Brogan) Honan, Margaret D (Brogan) McDonald, and Nora Brogan. She married Thomas Francis Keaney, and they were married until Thomas' death in 1950. She had children Mary Elizabeth (Keaney) Depaulo, Eileen Rita (Keaney) Foley, Catherine A. (Keaney), Margaret M Keaney, and Gertrude Ann (Keaney). Katherine Keaney died at age 97 years old on May 27, 1991 in Portland, Maine United States, and was buried in Portland.

Mary Elizabeth (Keaney) Depaulo of Braintree, Norfolk County, MA was born on July 5, 1920 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine United States to Katherine Agnes “Katie” (Brogan) Keaney and Thomas Francis Keaney. Mary Depaulo had siblings Margaret M Keaney, Catherine A. (Keaney), Eileen Rita (Keaney) Foley, and Gertrude Ann (Keaney). She married Joseph Michael Boba-Welch on February 1, 1943 in Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and they were married until Joseph's death on August 19, 1961. They had a child Dianne M (Welch) Higgins. She married Alfred Depaulo, and they were married until Mary's death in March 1987 in Boston, Suffolk County.