Mildred H. McGrath

MILDRED H. McGRATH Exeter, New Hampshire - Mildred Harriet "Millie" McGrath, 83, of 81 High Street, Exeter, NH, died June 7, 2004 at the Eventide Home in Exeter after a long and courageous battle with heart disease. She was born October 27, 1920, in Pittsburgh, PA, the daughter of the late Frederick James Irwin and the late Marie Uhlenberg Irwin. She had resided in the Bay Area for most of her life but moved to New Hampshire in her later years. She was a 1938 graduate of Sequoia High School in Redwood City, CA and a 1942 graduate of San Jose State University. During World War II she worked for a time in the Cryptology section of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) in Arlington, VA. Ms. McGrath was an elementary school teacher in the Redwood City School District from 1953 until her retirement in 1980. After her retirement she served as a volunteer at the Veteran's Hospital in Palo Alto, CA and the El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA. She also worked part-time traveling from school to school and reading stories for the Redwood City School District. In her later years, she volunteered at the Exeter Hospital (New Hampshire) and worked as a substitute teacher in Exeter schools. She is survived by one daughter and her husband, Pamela V. and Edward C. Frederick of Brentwood, New Hampshire; one son, Frederick S. Veregge of Bangkok, Thailand; two grandsons, Bryan A. and Brendan E. Frederick of New York. NY; one sister, Eleanor I. Garcia, of Cupertino, CA; and one niece and two nephews. At the request of the deceased there will only be a private memorial ceremony. Memorial donations may be made to: Eventide Home, 81 High Street, Exeter, NH 03833.