Dr. Edward Berry Leahey

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• Residence: 1920, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States

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LEAHEY, EDWARD BERRY - Edward Berry Leahey, Sr., MD, 87, formerly of South Nyack, New York, died at home on Saturday, September 9, 2006, in Dover, Delaware, surrounded by family. He is survived by a legacy of good works and his wife of 60 years, Mary Carlin Leahey; four daughters, Mimi Leahey Nangle and her husband Scott of West Nyack, NY; Anne Leahey of Shoreham, NY; Patricia Meriam and her husband Christopher of Barre Town, VT; Frances Leahey and her husband Bruce Johnson of Dover, DE, his daughter-in-law, Lynn Leahey of Irvington, NY; and 12 grandchildren: Jack and Kate Leahey; Gregory, Alison and Thomas D'Auria; Silas and Rose Meriam; Edward, Nicholas and Adea Guldi; and William Harry and Joseph Nangle. He is predeceased by his three sons: Michael Ignatius Leahey, Edward Berry Leahey, Jr., MD, and Joseph Frederick Leahey. An only child, Dr. Leahey was born on April 25, 1919 to Mercedes Berry Leahey and William Francis Leahey. He was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents, Eva and Joseph I. Berry, in the Bronx and in Monroe, New York where he began his education in a one-room school house. He continued the family tradition of Jesuit instruction at Fordham Prep (1937), Fordham College (1941) and Georgetown Medical School (1944). Upon graduation, Dr. Leahey served as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps assigned to Orthopedic Service, and after the war continued his training in orthopedics at Bronx Veterans Hospital, The New York Hospital for Special Surgery and New York State Rehabilitation Hospital (now Helen Hayes Hospital). He began a private surgical practice in 1952, and saw patients in his home office until his retirement to Dover, Delaware in 1996. During his years in Nyack, Dr.Leahey was affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and Nyack Hospital where he was the founder and director of the Rehabilitation Department (1959-1989). Dr. Leahey also served as Nyack Hospital's Medical Director (1959-1972), Senior Attending Orthopedist (1953-1986), and Chairman of the Building Fund. In addition, he was the Medical Director for the Center for the Physically Handicapped (Jawonio) for over 30 years and their Director Emeritus. He also acted as the consulting orthopedist for Letchworth Village Hospital (1955-1986), for Rockland Psychiatric Hospital (1955-1986) and for Helen Hayes Hospital (1953-1986), and as a consultant for the New York State Department of Health (1953-1990). Throughout his practice, he wrote and published medical research papers, receiving the Physicians Recognition Award from the American Medical Association every year from 1979 through 1991. He was also honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award in Medicine from Fordham University in 1963, and the Doctor of the Year Award from Nyack Hospital in 1989. An active member of St. Ann's Parish, he chaired their 125th anniversary celebration in 1994-1995. Dr. Leahey's hobbies included photography, boating, collecting the works of local artists, travel and writing. During his retirement, he self-published a four volume memoir entitled ?Vital Signs?, and enjoyed frequent visits from family and friends at his home in Dover where he was an active member and past-president of the Camden-Wyoming Rotary Club. Friends may call at Hannemann's Funeral Home on Tuesday, September 12th from 2 to 4 pm and from 7 to 9 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Ann's Church in Nyack on Wednesday, September 13th at 11 am. A Memorial Mass will also be offered at The Church of the Holy Cross in Dover, Delaware, later this month. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to The Leahey Foundation, (supporting clinical and cardiac research at the Columbia University Medical Center), 156 Strawtown Road, West Nyack, New York 10994, or to Delaware Hospice, 911 South DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901. HANNEMANN FUNERAL HOME, INC. 88 S. Broadway, Nyack 845-358-0573

Edward married Mary Carlin [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Leahey
2. Anne C Leahey
3. Frances Leahey
4. Edward Berry Leahey, Jr.
5. Joseph Frederick Leahey
6. Michael Ignatius Leahey was born on 24 Sep 1956; died on 30 Jan 2003 in Irvington, Westchester, New York, United States.
7. Patricia C Leahey

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• Residence: 1920, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States

William married Mercedes Berry. Mercedes (daughter of Joseph I Berry and Eva Harriet Baack) was born on 6 Jan 1898 in Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States; died on 19 Jan 1990 in New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States
• Residence: 1910, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States
• Residence: 1920, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States

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• Residence: 1900, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States
• Residence: 1910, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States
• Residence: 1920, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States

Joseph married Eva Harriet Baack on 10 Nov 1897 in Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States. Eva (daughter of Edward Baack, Jr. and Caroline Frances Mcgovern) was born in Feb 1875 in New York, New York, United States; died on 17 Jan 1936 in Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States
• Residence: 1910, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States
• Residence: 1920, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States

Edward married Caroline Frances Mcgovern about 1876. Caroline was born in Jan 1850 in New York, New York, United States; died in in New York, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]