Eleanor L. Dwyer

Eleanor Louise Dwyer of Hingham died on March 11, 2026 after a brief illness. She turned 100 in December, celebrating with many family members at Linden Ponds, Hingham, where she had lived for many years.

She was born to Alice and Harold Desmond in Weymouth, the second child of four, sister to the late Arthur H. Desmond, the late Joan Downing and the late Robert A. Desmond, perished too early in 1938 at age 2. Eleanor married Joseph W. Dwyer in 1953, they enjoyed nothing but happy years together until his passing in 1998.

Eleanor enjoyed traveling, especially to see her sister Joan’s family in Lyndonville, Vermont, where her niece and her husband, Jim and Mary O’Reilly, operated the Wildflower Inn for many years. Eleanor spent many Christmases and holidays there. Eleanor’s travels were worldwide - she thrived in the far-flung environs of distant ports like Australia, New Zealand and countless others.

The family wanted to extend appreciation to the staff at Linden Ponds for taking good care of her in her later years.

She was aunt to the late Paul G. Downing of Kirby, VT, and is survived by many loving family members, including: Paul’s wife Kimberly of Lyndonville, VT, her brother-in-law Richard Downing of Sherborn, MA, Richard and Elizabeth Downing of Portland, ME, Mary and Jim O’Reilly of Sutton, VT, Peter and Barbara Downing of Sherborn, MA, Christine and Kenny Durfee of Lyndonville, VT, Christopher Nasson of Truro, Nova Scotia, Steven Downing of Lyndonville, VT, Ron and Amy Downing of Natick, MA, Michael and Karen Downing of Sherborn, MA, Ralph Caldwell of Sutton, VT, Lisa and Jim Shanahan of Sherborn, MA, Andrea and John Dupras of Williamstown, MA, Kainne and Stacy Hansbury of Medway, MA, Kurt Hansbury of St Albans, VT, and Rachel Downing of St Johnsbury, VT.

She was aunt to the late Robert K. Desmond of Honolulu, HI, and is survived by Richard A. Desmond of Honolulu, Dennis and Linda Desmond of Florence, MA, John and Diane Desmond of N. Falmouth, Michael Desmond of Holbrook, Joseph and Xhaklina Desmond of Quincy and Paul and Anne Marie Desmond of Southborough.

She is also survived by approximately 48 nieces and nephews, and 40-ish great nieces and nephews.

A pre-funeral gathering will be held on Friday, March 20, at Keohane Funeral Home, 40 Sea St., North Weymouth from 8 AM to 9:30 AM, followed by the funeral Mass at St. Joseph's Church, 550 Washington St., Quincy, at 10 AM. Burial will follow in the National Cemetery in Bourne.

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