Margaret B. McGonagle

Margaret B. McGonagle

Margaret McGonagle Obituary

Published by Douglass Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home on Oct. 28, 2002.
Margaret B. McGonagle, a resident for 30 years of Reading, Massachusetts, an active member of the Reading Scholarship Foundation, passed peacefully from the living world on Saturday, October 26, 2002. A Funeral Mass will be offered on Friday, November 1, 2002, 10 a.m., at St. Joseph's Church, 100 Washington Street, Woburn, Massachusetts. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are appreciated to Reading Scholarship Foundation Inc., P.O. Box 492, Reading, MA 01867. Arrangements entrusted to Douglass Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home, Reading, Massachusetts.

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Rose Santo

October 31, 2002

Dear Margret, I will miss seeing you at Antoine's. It was always so nice to see you when I came in to work and you were there having your hair done. I will miss our little chats. You were a wonderful lady and will be missed by everyone who knew you.

Beth McAnespie

October 30, 2002

Dear Margaret, I'm so happy you were a part of my life for so many years. You were an inspiration!



My condolences to the McGonagle family and may they be comforted during this time of sadness.

John B. Douglass & John B. Douglass II

October 30, 2002

This book of memories is to serve as a record of the services you entrusted to us. We hope it will help to preserve treasured memories and that we, in some small measure, have helped to ease your burden and bring you comfort.

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