Mary Irene Lanagan
Mary Irene Lanagan, Beloved Aunt, Teacher, and Friend Age 93, died peacefully on September 9, 2019, in Oakland, CA. A beloved aunt, teacher, and friend, she was born February 6, 1926 in Providence, RI, to Irene Veronica (Heaney) Lanigan and Joseph Anthony Lanigan. A longtime resident of Newton Highlands, MA, Lanigan taught literature at Newton North High School for 42 years. She served as Head of the Department of English there for 30 of those years, a job she considered the best in the world. Her work was founded on her belief that “all of us have the potential to grow and realize who we are and what we can be.”