(10/11/12) Leonard L. Friel, Jr., 71, of Saltaire Ave. in Narragansett, passed away Thursday October 11th in the South County Hospital in Wakefield. He was the husband of Mary Jane (Dennis) Friel of Narragansett.
He was born in Providence on May 29, 1941, a son of the late Leonard P. and Alice V. (Donnelly) Friel. Mr. Friel summered in Bonnet Shores since 1954 moving to Pt. Judith permanently in 2000. Leonard was a graduate of LaSalle High School class of 1959 and Providence College class of 1963 and received his MBA from New Haven University in 1975. For 34 years Mr. Friel was a salesman for the Pfizer Laboratories retiring in 2000. He was a communicant and Eucharistic Minister at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church in Narragansett. He was a past president of the Lions Club in Ledyard, CT as well as a past president of the Ledyard Youth League.
Besides his wife Mary Jane, Mr. Friel is survived by four children; Leonard L. Friel III, Mary Friel-Levcowich, Michael J. Friel and Kevin P. Friel; his sister Mary Moniz; his four grand children Haley, Luke and Sophie Friel and Abigail Levcowich. He was the brother of the late Catherine Madancy and Michael J. Friel.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday October 17th at 10:00AM in St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 864 Pt. Judith Rd., Narragansett. Burial will be private. Visiting hours will be held in the Forbes Funeral Home, 28 Columbia St., Wakefield, on Tuesday October 16th from 5:00PM-7:00PM.
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