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Edson R.

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"Eddie" Reilly

January 18, 1923 – November 30, 2015

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Northborough- Edson "Eddie" R.  Reilly, 92, of Northborough and formerly of Marlborough died Monday November 30, 2015 at his home. He was the husband of the late Lucienne E. (Wilhelm) Reilly who died in 2005. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of the late Arthur F. and Grace (Burgess) Reilly and educated in Stow. He was a US Army veteran of WWII serving in the Asiatic Pacific Theater and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. Eddie was a truck driver for Pilot Freight Carrier in Southborough for 17 years before retiring in 1985. He also drove for Hygrade Foods in Southborough for eight years. In his spare time he enjoyed gardening and fishing. He leaves two daughters, Bonnie D. Goggin and her husband John of Northborough and Crystal P. O'Grady and her husband Drew of Boylston; two sisters, Jean Bailey of Bridgewater and Muriel Zacher of Washington; two grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Calling hours will be held Friday December 4 from 5-8 p.m. in the Fitzgerald & Collins Funeral Home ( www.CollinsFuneral.com ), 378 Lincoln Street, Marlborough.  A funeral service will be held on Wednesday December 9 at 10:00 a.m.  in the funeral home. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Marlborough. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fitzgerald & Collins Funeral Home ( www.CollinsFuneral.com ). In lieu of flowers please donate to The Wounded Warrior Project, 150 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 202, Cambridge, MA 02140.


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