Cormac John Jerome Conway-O’Reilly – Cormac, passed away on Wednesday July 6th, 2022 in League City, Texas at the age of 74 years. He was born on April 14th, 1948 in Dublin, Ireland to Patricia and Noel O’Reilly.

His interests were varied – IT was a big part of his life. He loved all aspects of computer technology and was a member of the British computer society and a Freeman of the City of London. He was often asked to be a keynote speaker for several universities including Rice. He was a keen sailor and owned a sailboat in the Netherlands and enjoyed many weekends spent on the Kaag with his friends and family. He often slept on the boat, after eating dinner at one of the many restaurants when poffertjes were always a favorite. He sailed across the channel to England on several occasions and was a member of the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht club. He even enjoyed doing his own maintenance on the boat and found it therapeutic to paint the bottom when it was out of the water for the winter. He bought a Boston Whaler in Massachusetts and many happy days were spent on the Merrimack river, Newburyport and he loved taking a picnic and swimming and diving off the boat into the Atlantic ocean. This boat was trailered to League City in 2005 and moored at the Wharf but often the weather was just too hot for boating however two of his grand kids loved it and they enjoyed motoring on the lake to Kemah. He took up kayaking when his friend Robert bought one. He enjoyed the early morning trips around Clear Lake and coffee and chats ‘putting the world to rights’ afterwards. Motor cycling was another big hobby. He had owned a motor cycle since he was 17. He owned a Norton in the UK and graduated to a Harley when he moved to Cambridge, MA. He enjoyed a few group weekends with HOG (Harley Owners Group). When he moved to League City he was delighted that his new neighbor was a keen bike rider too and was soon introduced to the challenging routes in the hill country. Every year, for three or four years, a big rally of 20 biking men and a couple of women was organized by Brett and Cormac loved to take part. He always came home after 3 days exhausted but exhilarated by the riding. He loved the friendship and camaraderie of those trips and was sad when the neighbor moved away although I was secretly quite pleased he wouldn’t be taking so many risks. He loved being in the fresh air and taking exercise. He was often seen by our friends cycling to the lake early in the morning to go kayaking. He was also a runner in his younger days and because he was always so busy, he rose very early to run. He also was an avid reader and always had a book for the long airplane journeys.

Cormac was employed by Schlumberger, London in the late 70’s early 80’s and in 1983 was asked to transfer to Houston, Texas for one year, to manage the Internal audit department. He was reluctant to go at first as he loved London and his job but he was persuaded to go by his wife. Instead of one year that posting lasted for six years. During that time he was the most travelled man in Schlumberger. Many friends were made in those six years and two of our old neighbors are here today 40 years on! From Houston he moved to the Netherlands and worked for Shell. The Netherlands was a great place to live and he had a very enjoyable three years there before moving back to London and working for Costain Engineering. After fours back in London he was offered a great job by Digital Equipment and he moved back to the US and lived in Cambridge, MA. for the next ten years. Getronics and Celerant Consulting were his final posts before retiring in 2005.

He is proceeded in death by his Father Noel, Mother Patricia and younger sister Margarita

He is survived by his Wife Maggie, Daughter’s Joanna (husband Gary) and Chantal, younger brother Justin and grand children Teagan, Dylan, Alannah, Lucas and Patrick

Memorial service at 3pm on July 16th, 2022 with visitation beginning at 2pm at Crowder Funeral Home, 1645 East Main Street, League City, TX 77573.

To view the ceremony online, please follow the link below:

https://youtu.be/XtMS26kTgGo