Obituary of Irene Mally

Irene Mally Granville, NY- Irene Mally, age 94, passed away at Washington Center on June 2, 2020. Irene was born in 1926 in New Britain, Connecticut to Mary and Francis Jacunski. Irene was the oldest of four girls, Dorothy (Birchenough), Frances (Countryman) and Florence (O'Neil). The family moved to a farm in Lowville, New York and after high school, Irene lived with family in New Jersey where she met Francis Maliszewski (Mally). They married after World War II and raised five children: Jeanne, Edward, Diana (Storm), Philip and Felicia (Mahar). Irene and her family moved to the Albany area and when her children were older, she attended nursing school and became an LPN working for many years at the St. Peter's Hospital cardiac intensive care unit. Upon retiring from St. Peter's, Irene became a realtor and then a broker and engaged in buying and selling antiques when she moved to Granville to live with her eldest daughter, Jeanne. Irene succumbed to Alzheimer's shortly after her ninety-fourth birthday, but her smile was never diminished. Irene leaves behind extended family including nine grandchildren and two great grandsons. Services will be held at a later date.