Obituaries

Marida L. (Laney) Moran, age 92, of Quincy passed away peacefully at her home with her family at her side on Thursday, December 22, 2011. Born in Skowhegan, ME where she was raised and educated, she lived in Quincy for more than 55 years. A graduate of the Boston City Hospital School of Nursing, Marida worked at the former Norfolk County Hospital in Braintree where she was highly regarded, in a career spanning many years from 1950 until her retirement. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church, W. Quincy for 47 years, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW George F. Bryan Post 613, and is said to have made the best apple pie in the world.

The beloved wife of the late Joseph A. Moran with whom she enjoyed 50 years of marriage, she was the devoted mother of Judith Anne Smith and her husband Vernon of DE, Gerard J. Moran and his wife Peggy of FL, Clare M. Curley and her husband Jack of Abington, David A. Moran and his late wife Christine of Quincy and Joseph A. Moran, Jr. of Quincy; doting grandmother of 15 and great-grandmother of 14.

Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday, December 27 from 4:00 to 8:00PM at the Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home 74 Elm St. Quincy Center. Family and friends are invited. On Wednesday there will be a gathering at the funeral home at 9:00AM followed by a Funeral Mass at 10:00AM at St. Mary’s Church, W. Quincy. Burial is in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Donations in Marida’s memory may be made to St. Mary’s Church 115 Crescent St. Quincy, MA 02169