Dr. Edward Berry Leahey

1919 - 2006  (87 years)

• Name	Edward Berry Leahey
  Title	Dr.
  Born	25 Apr 1919	Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1920	Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States   [1]
  Died	9 Sep 2006	Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States
  Person ID	I3855120160	Master Tree
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2009

  
  

  Father	William Francis Leahey,   b. Abt 1892, New York, New York, United States
  Mother	Mercedes Berry,   b. 6 Jan 1898, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States ,   d. 19 Jan 1990, New York, United States  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F3640905210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Carlin
  Children	+ 1. Mary Leahey   2. Anne C Leahey   3. Frances Leahey   4. Edward Berry Leahey, Jr.   5. Joseph Frederick Leahey + 6. Michael Ignatius Leahey,   b. 24 Sep 1956,   d. 30 Jan 2003, Irvington, Westchester, New York, United States  (Age 46 years) + 7. Patricia C Leahey
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F5350799201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Apr 1919 - Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States Residence - 1920 - Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States Died - 9 Sep 2006 - Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  LEAHEY, EDWARD BERRY - Edward Berry Leahey, Sr., MD, 87, formerly of South Nyack, New York, died at home on Saturday, September 9, 2006, in Dover, Delaware, surrounded by family. He is survived by a legacy of good works and his wife of 60 years, Mary Carlin Leahey; four daughters, Mimi Leahey Nangle and her husband Scott of West Nyack, NY; Anne Leahey of Shoreham, NY; Patricia Meriam and her husband Christopher of Barre Town, VT; Frances Leahey and her husband Bruce Johnson of Dover, DE, his daughter-in-law, Lynn Leahey of Irvington, NY; and 12 grandchildren: Jack and Kate Leahey; Gregory, Alison and Thomas D'Auria; Silas and Rose Meriam; Edward, Nicholas and Adea Guldi; and William Harry and Joseph Nangle. He is predeceased by his three sons: Michael Ignatius Leahey, Edward Berry Leahey, Jr., MD, and Joseph Frederick Leahey. An only child, Dr. Leahey was born on April 25, 1919 to Mercedes Berry Leahey and William Francis Leahey. He was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents, Eva and Joseph I. Berry, in the Bronx and in Monroe, New York where he began his education in a one-room school house. He continued the family tradition of Jesuit instruction at Fordham Prep (1937), Fordham College (1941) and Georgetown Medical School (1944). Upon graduation, Dr. Leahey served as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps assigned to Orthopedic Service, and after the war continued his training in orthopedics at Bronx Veterans Hospital, The New York Hospital for Special Surgery and New York State Rehabilitation Hospital (now Helen Hayes Hospital). He began a private surgical practice in 1952, and saw patients in his home office until his retirement to Dover, Delaware in 1996. During his years in Nyack, Dr.Leahey was affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and Nyack Hospital where he was the founder and director of the Rehabilitation Department (1959-1989). Dr. Leahey also served as Nyack Hospital's Medical Director (1959-1972), Senior Attending Orthopedist (1953-1986), and Chairman of the Building Fund. In addition, he was the Medical Director for the Center for the Physically Handicapped (Jawonio) for over 30 years and their Director Emeritus. He also acted as the consulting orthopedist for Letchworth Village Hospital (1955-1986), for Rockland Psychiatric Hospital (1955-1986) and for Helen Hayes Hospital (1953-1986), and as a consultant for the New York State Department of Health (1953-1990). Throughout his practice, he wrote and published medical research papers, receiving the Physicians Recognition Award from the American Medical Association every year from 1979 through 1991. He was also honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award in Medicine from Fordham University in 1963, and the Doctor of the Year Award from Nyack Hospital in 1989. An active member of St. Ann's Parish, he chaired their 125th anniversary celebration in 1994-1995. Dr. Leahey's hobbies included photography, boating, collecting the works of local artists, travel and writing. During his retirement, he self-published a four volume memoir entitled ?Vital Signs?, and enjoyed frequent visits from family and friends at his home in Dover where he was an active member and past-president of the Camden-Wyoming Rotary Club. Friends may call at Hannemann's Funeral Home on Tuesday, September 12th from 2 to 4 pm and from 7 to 9 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Ann's Church in Nyack on Wednesday, September 13th at 11 am. A Memorial Mass will also be offered at The Church of the Holy Cross in Dover, Delaware, later this month. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to The Leahey Foundation, (supporting clinical and cardiac research at the Columbia University Medical Center), 156 Strawtown Road, West Nyack, New York 10994, or to Delaware Hospice, 911 South DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901. HANNEMANN FUNERAL HOME, INC. 88 S. Broadway, Nyack 845-358-0573

  
  

• Sources

  [S560402624] 1920 United States Census.