Doris Anne Dillon McArdle

McArdle, Doris Anne Dillon
CLIFTON PARK - Doris Anne Dillon McArdle passed away peacefully in her home on Easter Sunday, March 31,2024, with family and loved ones by her side.
Doris was born in Teaneck, New Jersey on May 12, 1927, the youngest child of Michael and Helen Missbach Dillon and sibling to Helen (Clarke), Catherine (Markey) and Michael Jr. (Buddy.)
She attended St. Cecelia's High School in Englewood, New Jersey and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount Saint Vincent College in the Bronx. She was a proud "Mountie" from the class of 1949.
Doris married Henry McArdle, her high school sweetheart and fellow St. Cecelia classmate, on April 15, 1950. For 58 years they shared a life together, raising 11 children. Their family grew to include 24 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren, all of whom loved and cherished their "Grandma Doris and Pappa."
Doris was predeceased by her husband, Henry McArdle; their beloved children Maureen and Michael McArdle; and her parents and siblings.
She is survived by her children, Eileen McArdle, Mary McNelis (David), John McArdle (Patricia), Sheila Charlson (Peter), Brian McArdle (Judy), Patricia Tracey (Kevin), Thomas McArdle, Anne Hoffman (Charles), James McArdle (Tina); and daughter-in-law, Suzanne McArdle.
She is also survived by her grandchildren, Adam, Jeff, Rob and Matt Werther, Kaivalya and Will Miller, Andrew (Kelly) and Kevin (Holly) McNelis, Katie Garcia (Lindley) and Meghan Goff (Dan), Allison McArdle Avery (Brian) and Kathleen McArdle (Adam), Matt Charlson and Meghan Polhemus, Caitlin (Michael) and Brendan McArdle (Maria), Maureen Connolly (Patrick), Mary Bridget, Katherine (Jack) and Margaret Tracey, Lauren Brock (Anthony) Michaela and Charlie Hoffman, Taylor and Zac McMahon; and her many great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday April 10, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at St Edward the Confessor Church, 569 Clifton Park Center Rd., Clifton Park, N.Y. 12065. A calling hour will precede the Mass in Church. Burial will be at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, New York.
The family is asking that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the National Organization of Rare Diseases at NORD, Inc., Donations, Dept. 5930, P.O. Box 4110, Woburn, Mass. 01888; St. Jude's Research Hospital, 501, St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn., 38105; Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12866; or to the charity of one's choice.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Gordon C. Emerick Funeral Home, 1550 Route 9, Clifton Park, N.Y. 12065. 518-371-5454.