on Sunday, May 15, at the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street in North Reading. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959 (Visiting hours will be held between 1 to 3 p.m. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Daniel O'Brien to St.
He was predeceased by his parents, James and Mary O'Brien, his brother, James O'Brien, and his sister, Patricia (O'Brien) Whitlock, all formerly of Charlestown. He will always be remembered as a loving Grampy to his six grandchildren, Patrick and Erin Davis Shaun Fennell and Raelyn, Maeve, and Mila O'Brien.ĭan is also survived by his sisters, Beverly Rogers of Gloucester, and Marion Connolly of Duxbury, and his brother, Edward O'Brien of Naples, FL. He enjoyed golfing, playing his guitars, reading engineering text books, and watching the ocean sunsets with his beloved wife, Kathy.ĭan will be dearly missed by his children, Kristine (O'Brien) Davis and her husband Joe Davis of North Reading, Julie (O'Brien) Fennell and her husband David Fennell of Auckland, New Zealand, and Daniel O'Brien and his wife, Alicia (Moore) O'Brien of Dedham. He was happiest in life when surrounded by his adoring family. Dan found another passion in his second career, teaching electrical engineering and mathematics at Merrimack College in North Andover for well over a decade. He moved on to engineering management positions within the telephone company (New England Telephone, NYNEX, AT&T) and retired after 30 years. His design entitled "EMERGENCY SERVICE 911 ARRANGED FOR #1XBAR AND PANEL C.O." is known today as "911." The design was widely deployed, and although it has been updated over the years with changing technologies, Dan's original design helped countless people in need of emergency help. While working at the telephone company as a young engineer, Dan was tasked with designing an emergency call response system.
He also served our country as an active-duty member of the Army National Guard. In 2005, he earned his Doctorate of Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
A dedicated life-long learner, Dan earned four additional degrees from Northeastern University: Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Electrical Engineering. He went on to earn a degree in Aircraft Maintenance Technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology in 1962. Daniel (Dan) was a loving husband for 56 years to his recently deceased wife, Kathleen with whom he lived in North Reading for 38 years and raised his three children Kristine, Julie and Dan.īorn in 1942, Dan attended Saint Francis de Sales Parochial School in Charlestown and graduated from Boston Technical High School in 1960. O'Brien-79, of Newton, NH and Naples, FL, and formerly of North Reading, MA, passed away peacefully amongst family on May 8, 2022.
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