Patricia O'Leary

Patricia Ann (Sperling) O’Leary, 83, of Nashua, went home to be with our Lord on the evening of Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at Langdon Place of Nashua after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. Patricia “Pat” was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Pearl and Arthur Sperling on July 18, 1942. She attended local Catholic schools and graduated from St. Paul’s Cathedral High School. After marrying Richard (Dick) O’Leary on June 16, 1962, they moved directly to Fairbanks, Alaska then Galena, Alaska for Richard’s first assignment with the Federal Aviation Administration. Their sons Daniel and David were born in Fairbanks. The family subsequently moved to Horseheads, New York where daughter Debra was born, and then to Houlton, Maine in 1969, where the children attended school. In 1987, Pat and Dick moved to Nashua where they attended Immaculate Conception Church, serving as Eucharistic Ministers and volunteering in several other roles. After Dick’s retirement, they were regular attendees at daily Mass. Her deep faith provided her with strength to endure as her health declined, through daily prayer, regularly receiving Communion, and watching one or more televised Masses each day. Patricia was preceded in death by her husband in 2018 and her eldest son Daniel in 2000. She is survived by her son David and daughter-in-law Lisa of Springfield, Massachusetts, and daughter Debra of San Francisco, California. Pat enjoyed gardening, growing a variety of vegetables to feed the family, but especially spending many hours in her flower gardens and with her house plants. She always focused on the details, whether processing insurance claims, balancing a checkbook, feeding her African violets, embroidering a quilt, or assembling a 1000 piece puzzle. Pat will be missed by her family, friends from Immaculate Conception, and the staff at Langdon. The family thanks the staff at Langdon for providing her with care and companionship over the last several years, and to her church friends who visited and brought Communion to her. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, October 23rd at 10am in St. Joseph the Worker Parish, 777 West Hollis Street, in Nashua. All are asked to please meet at church. A brief reception will follow the Mass at the Immaculate Conception Church Hall, 316 East Dunstable Road in Nashua starting at 11:30am. Burial will take place later in the day at Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge, NH.

Patricia O'Leary

July 18, 1942 - October 14, 2025