Geraldine Lynn Doheny, of Minneapolis, passed away unexpectedly the morning of Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at the age of 45.
Her family will greet guests on Friday, March 6, 2015 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM and on Saturday, March 7, 2015 from 10:30 – 11:30 AM at Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation, 4565 Pleasant Street SE, Prior Lake, MN. The Mass of Christian Burial is Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church, 4500 220 th Street East, Prior Lake, MN. Father Orlando Tatel will preside. Pall bearers for Geraldine are Buck Doheny, Jake Hanson, Randy Brown, Mike Tupper, Scott Shinehouse, Johnny Fahey and Shawn O’Neil.
It was a beautiful day on June 7, 1969 when George and Cheyann (Brown) Doheny celebrated the birth of their little girl, Geraldine Lynn. She was the middle of three children and loved growing up with her siblings, Shannon and Buck. The Doheny family lived in Minneapolis where Geraldine attended Visitation Grade School and Washburn High School.
Geraldine was always very talkative and social. This helped her to make many lifelong friends during her school years. She was active in high school sports, and played basketball for the Washburn Millers. After graduating from high school, Geraldine attended a two-year vocational school. She studied marketing and graduated with an Associate’s Degree.
Throughout the years Geraldine had a number of jobs. She was a good, hard working employee as she was always very organized. Her attention to detail and her ability to see and verbalize what needed to be done made her an asset in all the jobs she ventured into. One of her favorite jobs was working as a painter for the Casey Reynolds Painting Company. She was a long time painter for them, and she love the work. Geraldine most recently worked in the Deli at Kowalski’s Grocery Store, and everyone at the store loved her. She was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone who came into the store. Geraldine made many wonderful friends working at Kowalski’s.
True to her Irish heritage, Geraldine had the gift of gab, a great sense of humor, and she was very charismatic. She had the ability to make any event more fun. Geraldine had many friends and loved spending time with them. One of her favorite past times was cheering for her nephew Jake at his football, basketball and baseball games. She was always the loudest fan in the crowd, and Jake loved it.
She was proud to be Irish, and she even took a trip to Ireland with her family. Geraldine was selfless and was always doing things for other people. She was a loving daughter, caring sister and wonderful aunt to Jake, Frank and Spencer. Family was the most important thing to Geraldine, and her nephews were the light of her life.
Geraldine will be deeply missed and remembered always by her parents, George and Cheyann Doheny; sister, Shannon (Mike) Tupper; brother, Buck Doheny; nephews, Jake (mother: Tracy) Hanson, Frank Tupper and Spencer Tupper; uncle, Randy Brown and family; close friend, Scott Shinehouse; many close cousins; other loving relatives and many dear friends. There to greet Geraldine in Heaven is her uncle, Gary Brown, Grandparents, and close friend Christine.
