3/13/2021
Peter J. O’Connell – Scituate
Peter J. O’Connell was born in Providence on April 16, 1921, to Mary McKiernan O’Connell and Peter O’Connell who had immigrated from Ireland. He lived to nearly his 100th birthday.
Peter was raised in Mount Pleasant and attended Blessed Sacrament School and LaSalle Academy. He recently listened to the funeral Mass for his beloved wife, Fran, and mentioned that he sang some of the hymns that were incorporated in her Mass while at Blessed Sacrament School and was paid 25 cents for his efforts. His strong faith and moral values were rooted in his beloved family experience and his strict Catholic education that formulated the way he lived his private and public life.