Eileen Teresa O’Connor, 82, of Brownsdale, left this world on April 24, 2011, and is now in the Kindgom of Heaven with Jesus.

Eileen was born Jan. 12, 1929, in Faribault to Raymond and Catherine (Lonien) Jandro. She was married to Ray O’Connor on Aug. 27, 1947. They moved to Austin and in 1954 moved to rural Brownsdale. Eileen was a longtime member of her church, Our Lady of Loretto. She belonged to St. Mary’s unit and taught Catechism (including her own grandchildren). She was an active member of the Brownsdale Study Club. Ray and Eileen loved fishing and spent many vacations at Osakis and Alexandria. She will always be remembered for her canning, especially pickles and jam. Spending time with her children and grandchildren was her greatest joy, along with playing huckly buck and going to casinos with her siblings.

Survivors include eight children, Dennis, Mike (Eileen), Pat (Jerry), Kathy (Rick), Raymond, Enner (Burt), Tim (Janiese), and Tom; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brothers, Gordy and David; sisters, Leila, Mary Ann and Marjorie.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; brother, Jerry; sister, Nancy.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church in Brownsdale with Father Dale Tupper officiating. There will be a 6 p.m. rosary on Wednesday at Mayer Funeral Home where friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. and one hour before the service at the church on Thursday. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery in Hayfield. Blessed be her memory.