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March 4, 2004 Age 85 Wife of the late F. Richard McCarthy, Jr. Dear mother of Margaret "Peggy" M. Cook (T. Michael), F. Richard McCarthy, III and Michael D. McCarthy (Joan). Grandmother of Cameron D., Molly M., and the late Amanda H. Cook and Curran M. and Erin K. McCarthy. Sister of Sr. Michael M. Dea, S.L. and Mary Kay McKerman. Family will receive friends at A.J. Desmond & Sons (Vasu, Rodgers & Connell Chapel), 32515 Woodward Ave. (btwn 13-14 Mile) Sunday 2-8pm Scripture service 7pm. Funeral Mass Monday 10:30am at Church of St. Alan, 2345 Coolidge (south of Big Beaver), Troy. Visitation begins at church at 10:00am. Memorial tributes to Sisters of Loretto, 4000 South Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton, Co 80123 or Children's Hospital, Denver, CO, Amanda H. Cook Fund. Obituary at www.DesmondFuneralHome.com

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A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors - Vasu, Rodgers & Connell Chapel

32515 Woodward Avenue, Royal Oak, MI 48073

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