Margaret M. Coffey

Margaret M. Coffey

Margaret Coffey Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Mar. 28 to Mar. 30, 2023.
Loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother

Margaret (Peggy) M. Coffey, age 86, of Annandale, NJ, died Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, NJ.



Born in Orange, she was the daughter of the late George and Margaret Murphy. Peggy lived in Chatham before moving to Annandale 20 years ago.



She was an Executive Assistant, employed by Automatic Switch Company in Florham Park for most of her career.



Peggy was a member of Immaculate Conception Church in Annandale. She brought love and kindness to so many as the Sunshine Committee for Hunterdon Cardiac Rehabilitation Center for years. She greatly enjoyed reading, but her greatest passion was her family. She lived for her children and grandchildren as their beloved Mimi.



She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Richard Coffey, who died in 1994.



Peggy is survived by her loving daughters, Carolyn Schneck and her husband, Dave, of Basking Ridge and Nancy Perrine and her husband, Ed, of Wayne. She is also survived by her precious grandchildren, Gabe Schneck and his wife Taylor, Lindsey Anderson and her fiance, Erik Higginbotham, Paige Anderson and her fiance, Tommy Wehrkamp, Kyle Perrine and Haley Perrine, her great-granddaughter, Emma Schneck and her dear sister, Patricia Hughes and her husband, John and their children.



Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, April 2, 2023 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Kearns Funeral Home, 103 Old Highway 28, Whitehouse, NJ.



A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday at 10:00 AM at Immaculate Conception Church, Annandale.



Interment will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.



The family welcomes donations to South Branch Emergency Services in Clinton, NJ as an expression of sympathy instead of flowers.



Please visit www.kearnsfuneralhome.com for more information or to send condolences to the family.

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March 22, 2025

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March 29, 2023

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Donna Zielinski

March 22, 2025

Peggy came to the salon I worked at weekly. She gave the best hugs, and she was truly lovely. I have things she gave me for Christmas. I always think of her and I was blessed to know her.
Love you Peggy forever
Donna Zielinski

Kathleen Murphy Anders

March 29, 2023

As a first cousin growing up with Peggy in East Orange, New Jersey, we made many life giving memories that lasted through the years. We shared family values as well as having fun. She will be missed and we yknow she was welcomed into heaven by her loved ones.
Peggy will be specially remembered at a Mass at
St. Peter´s , Elizabethtown, PA on June 22. That will be my personal farewell. Kathleen Murphy Anders.

Donna Zielinski

March 28, 2023

Peggy was a beautiful soul, she came to the salon I worked at. We loved her and our dear Pat like family. She bought me some Christmas gifts that she took the time to make it specific for you. She will be missed dearly. Prayers, love and big hugs for our precious Pat and all of the family.

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