Diarmuid O'Connell, age 87, of Cohasset and many travels around the world, passed away peacefully surrounded by his children and his beloved wife of 52 years, Elizabeth, in his Cohasset home on March 30th. He devoted his life to creating and nurturing strong bonds within his family, both immediate and extended, and to mentoring his 3 children, 9 grandchildren, and his many nieces and nephews. He enjoyed great professional fulfillment in an investment career, the most rewarding years of which were spent with Loomis Sayles in Boston. He grew up in Boston spending summers on the water in Hull. Following his college studies at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a decade in Pittsburgh, where he and Elizabeth met and married, he returned to the South Shore, a place to which he was fiercely attached for the next 50 years of his life. An inveterate world traveler, he was never happier than when he returned to Cohasset. He was always deeply involved in the community, quietly but determinedly supporting St Anthony's Church, the Public Library, the Elder Care Center and many other civic organizations. But he drew his greatest enjoyment from spending time with family and friends on the water, on the tennis courts and golf course and in later years, among the "Old Goats". He will be greatly missed but well remembered.

A funeral Mass will be held at St Anthony's Church in Cohasset on Saturday April 11th at 10:30 AM.  In lieu of flowers please consider support for the leukemia research of Dr. Areet El-Jawahri at MGH by mailing gifts to: MGH Development, Attn. Sarah Church, 100 Cambridge, St. Suite 1310, Boston, MA 02114 or alternatively, support for the Casa Monte Cassino, a Boston home that provides free room and board to the families of children from all over the world who are undergoing treatment for cancer, genetic diseases and burns by mailing gifts to Casa Monte Cassino 11 Tileston St., Boston, MA 02114.

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