Bryan Daniel Cooney

Bryan Daniel Cooney, passed away at home in Middletown, R.I., surrounded by family and friends. Born November 10, 1942 at Newport Hospital, he was the son of the late Bryan L. Cooney and Jane Crowther Cooney. He graduated from Rogers High School and Providence College, and then began his career at Rogers High School before serving three years in the U.S Army, in Germany. Upon his return to Newport, he married Jean Elizabeth O`Hanley, and together they ran O`Hanley`s gift store on Bowen`s Wharf. He continued teaching at his alma mater, where he especially enjoyed his psychology students, and served as the senior class advisor. He directed senior class plays for many years, including one of his favorites, Fiddler on the Roof. Bryan was himself an entertainer at heart, one who commanded a classroom or an audience of friends with his gift of storytelling and his booming laughter. His wives, Jean O`Hanley Cooney and Jean Brady Cooney, pre-deceased him before he retired to Sarasota, Fla., where he volunteered as a counselor at the Resurrection House. Throughout his life he was generous and compassionate, providing to those in need or sheltering wayward souls in his own home. He leaves one son Bryan Leys Cooney, his daughter-in-law Kathleen Heller Cooney, his sister Rosemary Cooney Sullivan, and her husband Mortimer A. Sullivan, of Middletown, R.I., his brother Robert E. Cooney and his wife Robin Cooney, of Wakefield, R.I., a sister-in-law Lila O`Hanley Farley, of Middletown, R.I., a brother-in-law Alexander O`Hanley, of Lexington Mass., and many loved nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers please send donations to Resurrection House 507 Kumquat Court Sarasota, FL 34236Calling hours will be held on Sunday, October 27, 2013, from 4-7pm in the Hambly Funeral Home, "Brick House", 30 Red Cross Avenue, Newport, RI.His funeral will be held on Monday, October 28, 2013, at 9am from the Hambly Funeral Home, followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 10am in St. Marys Church, Spring Street, Newport, RI.Burial will be in St. Columba Cemetery, Browns Lane, Middletown.In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to, Resurrection House, 507 Kumquat Court, Sarasota, FL 34236. Cemetery Details St. Columba Catholic Cemetery Brown's Lane Middletown, RI, 02842 Visitation OCT 27. 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM Hambly Funeral Home 30 Red Cross Ave Newport, RI, US, 02840 info@memorialfuneralhome.com http://www.hamblyfuneralhome.com Service OCT 28. 10:00 AM St. Marys Catholic Church 12 William Street Newport, RI, US, 02840