Martin L. Hagerty

HAGERTY, Martin L. June 12, 2011, suddenly, by accident, in his home in Winthrop. A 75 year resident of Lexington and Summer resident of Hull, he moved to Winthrop after the death of his oldest son, Bill, in 2004. The loving husband of Madeline "Maddy" Grady for 58 years, he is survived by son, George, his wife, Jacki, and step-granddaughter, Kaitlin, of Stoughton, and son, Charles, formerly of Lexington. Marty is a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, PA, a member of the first class to enter Merrimack College in Andover, MA. His college years were interupted in his junior year and he served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He finished his education at Boston College Evening Division in 1957 and attended three years at Boston College Law School. He served Lexington as a Town Meetting Member, President of the North Lexington Association, religious education teacher at St. Brigid Church. A former semi-professional hockey player in California, he coached hockey to all ages at the Hayden Center in Lexington and started the first "Junior-A" hockey program for high school students. The family would like to express sincere thanks and heartfelt gratitude to the doctors, nurses, and technicians in the Emergency Room and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital. We will never forget you. Funeral from the Douglass Funeral Home, 51 Worthen Rd., LEXINGTON, Friday, June 17 at 10am followed by a Mass of Christian burial at St. Brigid Church, Lexington at 11am. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours Thursday from 5pm to 8pm. Interment Belmont Cemetery. Douglass Funeral Home Lexington 781-862-1800 www.douglassfh.com