John Michael Reilly
Born In: Sydney Mines
Passed in: Connecticut
John Michael Reilly, formerly of Sydney Mines, N.S. Father of Mary Winifred and her husband Jeffrey Long and Melanie Reilly-Fenton of Allston, Mass.; husband of Kathleen Reilly of Hamden, Conn., and stepfather to Cher Coan and her husband David of N. Branford, Conn.; grandfather to Michael S. Dolan Jr., Reilly Marie and Robert Patrick Long of Allston, Mass., Jonathan, Robert, Beatrice and David Coan of Connecticut and great-grandfather of Nicole B. Dolan. Also survived by his brother Patrick T. Reilly and his wife Linda; nephews, Patrick, James and Joseph and his niece, Christina (Reilly), all of Cape Breton and many cousins and other family members.
Predeceased by his beloved mother ‘Winnie’ (Cordy), his father, Joseph I. Reilly and his brother Joseph ‘Sonny’ Reilly.
Wake services to be Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Keenan Funeral Home, 238 Elm St., West Have, Conn. Followed by a private funeral mass and burial at a later date at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Sydney Mines, N.S.
Friends and family may visit www.keenanfuneralhome.com for online tributes and condolences.
