Mary Margaret Guerriere

Mary Margaret (nee Kapp) Guerriere

Belleair, FL - Mary Margaret Guerriere (nee Kapp) formerly of Belleair, FL and Mashpee, MA died Friday morning, October 26, 2018, after a long illness. She was 85. A beautiful and gregarious woman, she left a positive impression on all those she met.

Born and raised in Rego Park, Queens, Mary attended The Mary Lewis Academy in Jamaica Estates. She and her family moved to Port Chester, NY and she was graduated from St. Gabriel High School in New Rochelle. She became a Registered Nurse after studying at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, New York. Later, while raising her family in White Plains, NY, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Pace University.

Mary met John Guerriere while he was serving in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict and the sailor and nurse were married in 1954.

After living briefly in Queens and East Northport, LI, they moved to White Plains in 1961 to raise their five children. Mary eventually returned to nursing, working in the Emergency Room at St. Agnes Hospital in White Plains, rising to Head Nurse. She then accepted a position with IBM where she would lead the Medical Department at the corporate offices in Armonk, NY.

Upon their retirements in 1987, John and Mary moved to Belleair, FL where she became a part-time visiting nurse and volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul. She was also an avid golfer.

In 1991, they purchased a summer home in Mashpee, MA, and Mary volunteered at the local St. Vincent de Paul, tended to her large vegetable garden and enjoyed golf and the beach.

Mary was always quick to smile and had a great sense of humor. She never failed to see the positive in others. With all of her accomplishments her greatest joy derived from her children and grandchildren. As a mother, she was nurse, counselor, tutor and friend. To her family and friends, she was always understanding and generous with her time and love. She will be missed.

After John's death in 2013, Mary moved to Stamford, CT. She is survived by her five children: John (Suellyn), Denice (Joseph), James, Terence (Corinna) and Marianne (Jeffrey), 13 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren and by her siblings: John (Anita), Robert (Lois, predeceased), and Margaret (Gerald).

A memorial service will be planned for some time after the first of the year. For those who wish to make a donation in her name, please consider Cure Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP.org)