Obituary for Eleanor A. Gilroy (Safrine)
Eleanor A. (Safrine) Gilroy, 80, a longtime resident of Chelmsford, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at Lowell General Hospital surrounded by her adoring family. Ellie was the beloved wife of the late Thomas M. Gilroy with whom she shared 52 years of marriage until his passing in 2016. Born in Stoneham on February 27, 1942, Ellie was the daughter of the late Edward M. and Eleanor Elizabeth (Rowe) Safrine.
Ellie was a graduate of Lynn English High School and Fisher Junior College in Boston, MA. Early in her career she was a Real Estate Agent at Atherton Real Estate and Emerson Real Estate. In 1980 she led a team that organized a year-long birthday celebration for the city of Boston’s 350th Jubilee. As an entrepreneur, Ellie established Alert Delivery Service and provided friendly airport transportation service for twenty-eight years until her retirement. Ellie also proudly worked for the town on Chelmsford Election Committee for over four decades.
A voracious reader and life-long learner, Ellie had many varied interests including keeping up with the latest fashion trends. She was always up for an adventure especially if it involved a road trip, or even better her passport. Ellie was a member of the Chelmsford Garden Club, local bowling league and a Girl Scout Leader. Her deepest passion was her devotion to her family, children and grandchildren. Ellie was ever present at every grandchild’s sporting event, theater production and academic milestone, however near or far.
Eleanor leaves her children, Christine (Gilroy) Cossette and her husband Darren of N. Chelmsford, Michael Gilroy and his wife Nadia of Bedford, NH, and Kathleen (Gilroy) Cargill and her husband Keith of South Kingstown, RI; her grandchildren, Cody Cossette, Amber Kurcon and her husband Connor, Colin, Paige, Zack, and Brooke Gilroy, and Claire Cargill and her fiancé Sam Milder; and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday, December 20th from 4pm to 8pm at the Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home, 24 Worthen St., Chelmsford. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11am at St. Mary Parish, 25 North Rd., Chelmsford. KINDLY GATHER AT THE CHURCH. Interment will follow in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Chelmsford. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The American Diabetes Association at diabetes.org.
Ellie was a graduate of Lynn English High School and Fisher Junior College in Boston, MA. Early in her career she was a Real Estate Agent at Atherton Real Estate and Emerson Real Estate. In 1980 she led a team that organized a year-long birthday celebration for the city of Boston’s 350th Jubilee. As an entrepreneur, Ellie established Alert Delivery Service and provided friendly airport transportation service for twenty-eight years until her retirement. Ellie also proudly worked for the town on Chelmsford Election Committee for over four decades.
A voracious reader and life-long learner, Ellie had many varied interests including keeping up with the latest fashion trends. She was always up for an adventure especially if it involved a road trip, or even better her passport. Ellie was a member of the Chelmsford Garden Club, local bowling league and a Girl Scout Leader. Her deepest passion was her devotion to her family, children and grandchildren. Ellie was ever present at every grandchild’s sporting event, theater production and academic milestone, however near or far.
Eleanor leaves her children, Christine (Gilroy) Cossette and her husband Darren of N. Chelmsford, Michael Gilroy and his wife Nadia of Bedford, NH, and Kathleen (Gilroy) Cargill and her husband Keith of South Kingstown, RI; her grandchildren, Cody Cossette, Amber Kurcon and her husband Connor, Colin, Paige, Zack, and Brooke Gilroy, and Claire Cargill and her fiancé Sam Milder; and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday, December 20th from 4pm to 8pm at the Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home, 24 Worthen St., Chelmsford. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11am at St. Mary Parish, 25 North Rd., Chelmsford. KINDLY GATHER AT THE CHURCH. Interment will follow in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Chelmsford. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The American Diabetes Association at diabetes.org.