Obituary

Marie J. (Favaloro) Lehane, age 92, of Scituate, passed away peacefully on December

27, 2012. Beloved wife of the late James J. Lehane, Sr. and devoted mother of Marina

T. Carvell of Quincy, James J. Lehane and wife Susan of East Sandwich, David A.

Lehane and wife Donna of Scituate, and Michael J. Lehane of East Sandwich. She

was the loving sister of the late Rose Gowell of Weston. Marie is also survived by 6

grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and one great,great grandchild as well as three

nieces.

Marie was born in Brooklyn, NY, moving to Boston (Jamaica Plain) with her parents as

a young child. She attended elementary school and high school there. She married her

sweetheart, Jim, in December of 1941. After the war, they raised their four children in the

house her father built, close to Arnold Arboretum and Jamaica Pond. While she was able

to stay home with her children in those early years, she also had opportunity to work in

retail sales and to pose as an artist's model. She loved the city and all its pleasures but her

life was soon to change.

In 1964 she and her family moved year round to Scituate, MA where they had enjoyed a

summer home for some time. For the next almost 50 years she became firmly entrenched

in her new community, making many friends along the way, being very active in her

church and gladly becoming a "townie". She was perhaps best known as a reading

teacher in the elementary schools, and many of her former students will never forget her

two favorite directives: "Sound it out!" and "Look it up!" Certainly her own children will

not. She was a strong and determined lady of a special generation never to repeat. She

was well on her way to reading every book ever written and nothing save death could

quench her insatiable intellectual curiosity. She leaves her family, friends and former

students this favorite challenge – "To whom much is given, much is expected".

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 11 am in St. Mary of the

Nativity Church, 1 Kent St., Scituate, MA. 02066. Visiting hours omitted. Interment will

be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in Marie's name may be made to The Cardigan

Nursing Home, Scituate MA. For an online guestbook, please visit www.mcnamara-

sparrell.com

Services

Funeral Mass

January

St. Mary of the Nativity

Starts at 11:00 am