Margaret E. Faig
January 9, 2021
Goshen, NY - Formerly of Hillsdale, NJ
Margaret E. Faig, 88, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Gartelman passed away peacefully on January 9th, 2021 at Glen Arden Health Care Center in Goshen, NY. She was married to Robert A. Faig for 40 years until his death in 1991. She is the devoted mother of Robert A. Faig Jr. and wife, Antoinette of New Windsor NY, Debra Ann Faig of Middletown NY, John M. Faig (predeceased) and wife, Lyn of Dunkirk MD, Raymond T. Faig and wife, Laura of Webster NY, and daughter-in-law, Laurie Olsen Faig of Ho-Ho-Kus NJ; loving grandmother of Rob, Shannon, Ryan, Meghan, Jennifer, Ashley, Lauren, Christopher, John Michael, Nicholas, Tyler, Brianna and great-grandmother to Riley, Gregory, Elias, Colin, Dillon, Maddie, MacKayla, Abigail, Lucie, Logan, Sophia, and Gemma.
Born in New York NY, she lived for 52 years in Hillsdale NJ working as a saleswoman at Fortunoff's in Paramus, later moving to Goshen NY. She was a member of St John the Baptist in Hillsdale where she was a class mother, president of the PTA, active member of the Rosary Altar Society and president for one year. She later was a member of Our Lady Mother of the Church in Woodcliff Lake.
The Faig Family would like to express their sincere thanks to the entire staff of the Glen Arden Health Care Center for their care and compassion shown to Margaret. There will be a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 15th at Our Lady Mother of the Church, 209 Woodcliff Ave, Woodcliff Lake NJ with burial immediately following at Cemetery of the Ascension, 650 Saddle River Rd., Airmont NY. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer's Association (act.alz.org) or St Jude Children Hospital (stjude.org) .