Obituary: Sally E. McConnell

Sally E. McConnell, 83

Sally E. McConnell, 83, devoted mother, Nana, and friend to many, died peacefully on Jan. 12, 2023, at her home in Hull, where she spent her final days surrounded by family and friends.
Ms. McConnell was born in Boston on March 17, 1939. It always gave her great joy to say she was born on St. Patrick’s Day – the “luck of the Irish” was always with her. Ms. McConnell always seemed to win at bingo, raffles, and drawings. She even won an all expense cruise to South America from WBZ radio station.
Bertram and Mary Farrell of Milton adopted Ms. McConnell at birth. Upon graduating from Milton High School, she began her career with the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, where she worked for 41 years, until she retired as the supervisor of revenue operations.
Ms. McConnell was a proud supporter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association since the late 1960s. She fundraised and served on the MDA Boston executive board.
Ms. McConnell moved to Hull in 1999 and built a house with her son, Michael, and his family. She became actively involved with St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, served on the fundraising committee, and made many new friends in the community.
Ms. McConnell was an avid New England sports fan. Her favorite team was the Boston Bruins. She traveled extensively around the world, visiting places like Alaska, Russia, Europe, Iceland, and her favorite, cruising the Caribbean. Some of her other passions were reading, crocheting, computer games, and Jeopardy. Ms. McConnell would never let you leave her home without offering you something. She was famously known for her calzones and chocolate chip cookies. She loved conversation and had countless friends with whom she was proud of staying connected over the years.
Of all her talents and passions, her family and her extended family in Hull, whom she considered to be her own children and grandkids, meant the world to her.
Ms. McConnell was the beloved mother of Michael R. McConnell and his wife, Judy, of Hull, beloved Nana to her “favorite granddaughter,” Kayla Ahearn and her husband, Richard, of Scituate, Her “favorite grandson,” Tyler McConnell and his fiancé, Kamrie Sarnosky, of Hanson, and her “favorite great-grandson,” Keegan Ahearn, of Scituate.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to greet the family during visiting hours on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in St. Ann’s Church, 208 Samoset Ave., a funeral Mass will follow at 11 a.m. in St. Ann’s Church. Cremation to follow. 
Funeral services can be live streamed by going to: https://christbythesea.net. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Muscular Dystrophy Association at www.tolmantelethon.com, or Friends of the Unborn, P.O. Box 692246, Quincy MA 02269-2246 or www.friendsoftheunborn.org.