NATICK: Daniel J. McElhinney, Jr., age 71, of Natick, formerly of Sherborn, died peacefully surrounded by family on September 21, 2014. He was the devoted husband of the late Kathleen L. (Bowen) McElhinney for 38 years. Born in Boston, he was a son of the late Daniel J. and Mary (Redmond) McElhinney. Dan was raised in Dorchester and, after graduating from Roslindale High School, enlisted with the US Air Force. Dan and Kathleen were married in 1966 and lived several years in Jamaica Plain prior to settling in Sherborn in 1975. Employed at his family’s shade and blind shop, he ventured on his own, opening Home Specialists in Watertown in 1984. Years later he moved the store to Natick, where his son Kevin joined him. With the expanding offerings at the store, it was soon restyled H.S. Awning and Tent, the name it bears today. He was a longtime member and Past Commander of the Natick American Legion Post 107. While active he enjoyed running the Post’s meat shoots. Predeceased by his wife Kathleen, his brother William, sister Carol Ann and grandson, Dennis, he is survived by a daughter, Linda K. McElhinney and her partner David Bailey of Farmington, NH; five sons, Daniel P. McElhinney and his wife Laura of Natick, Dennis J. McElhinney of Natick, Sean M. McElhinney and his wife Liane of Ottawa, Canada, Kevin R. McElhinney and his wife Michele of Holliston, and Michael H. McElhinney and his wife Magan of South Berwick, ME; three sisters, Marie Williams and her husband Harry of Beauford, SC , Betty Jane Petrillo and her husband Joseph of Petaluma CA, , and Kathleen McElhinney of Yarmouth; 20 grandchildren, Daniel, Bailey, Cassidy, Ashley, Edward, Patrick, Kimberlin, Brendon, Eva, Christian, Abigail, Kathleen, Kaitlin, Cadence, Constance, Jason, Hunter, Gavin, Aydin, and Trinity. His funeral will be from the John Everett & Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park Street at Natick Common, on Thursday September 25th at 9:00A.M. with a Mass of Christian Burial in Saint Linus Church, 119 Hartford Street, Natick, at 10:00A.M. Burial with military honors will follow at Saint Patrick Cemetery. Visiting hours will be on Wednesday September 24th, 4 – 7P.M. Donations may be made in Dan’s memory to the Mass Commission for The Blind AFB, 48 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116.
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