Obituaries 10-28-2021

Bijay Datta

He Achieved the American Dream and Will Be Dearly Missed

Bijay K. Datta of Winthrop passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on October 21. He was 82 years old.

As a boy growing up in Calcutta, India, Bijay dreamed of coming to America.  After receiving his degree in mechanical engineering, he accepted a job working abroad in The Netherlands.  While living at the YMCA there, he had a chance encounter at a dance with a woman by the name of Anneke Visser.  (Her friend, the bartender, reluctantly convinced her to attend.) They fell madly in love with each other and the rest is history.  They moved to Canada first to marry and then to the US to start a family – Bijay’s dream.

Bijay worked as an engineer for Stone and Webster for many years, but he longed to be an entrepreneur.  He knew America was the place to achieve this dream.  He bought houses and used his ingenuity to renovate them and rent them out.  There wasn’t anything Bijay couldn’t do – from carpentry to plumbing to electrical.  You name it and Bijay could fix it.

His ingenuity was only surpassed by his kindness and generosity towards others.  He worked hard to bring his mother and two brothers Sanu and Sadhan to the US so they could lead better lives.  He was always one to help if anyone in his family needed something fixed.  There is no length he would not travel to help his family.

Bijay Datta lived for 82 wonderful years.  He is survived by his wife Anneke, his sons Robert and Michael, and his grandson Otis.

We will miss him dearly.

Family and friends are cordially invited to attend the visitation from the Caggiano-O’Maley-Frazier Funeral Home, Winthrop on Saturday, October 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

To sign the online guestbook, go to www.caggianofuneralhome.com.

Ann Marie McNally

Of Winthrop

Ann Marie (Kiley) McNally of Winthrop passed away unexpectedly on October 21. She was 81 years old.

The beloved wife of 52 years of the late James T. “Jim” McNally, she was born in Boston, the cherished daughter of the late Henry and Grace (Hurley) Kiley.

Ann Marie was an avid bowler who also enjoyed taking trips to the casinos with her friends.

Ann Marie was the devoted mother of Steven J. McNally and his companion, Sue Brunelle of Dracut, Kevin J. McNally and his wife, Mary of Lynnfield, and Patrick H. McNally and his wife, Sarah of Bridgewater. She was the adored grandmother of James, Joey, Katie, Grace, Connor and Andrea and the loving great-grandmother of Kylie and James; the dear sister of Patricia Stick and her husband, Saul of Winthrop and Mary Romiza. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements were by the Maurice W. Kirby Funeral Home 210 Winthrop St. Winthrop. A Funeral Mass was celebrated in St. John the Evangelist Church, Winthrop on October 27 at 10 a.m. Interment was private. Donations in her name can be made to St. John the Evangelist Church 320 Winthrop St. Winthrop, MA. 02152.

For guestbook, please visit: www.mauricekirbyfh.com.