Mary Agnes Ratchford Hesselgrave, of West Orange, passed away to be be with her Lord on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at her home. Mary Agnes was born November 8, 1943 to Ethel Hamill and Stephen Ratchford. She was graduated from Newton College of the Sacred Heart, in Massachusetts, was awarded a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and received a Phd in computer science from Steven's Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. She taught mathematics and computer science at various schools and colleges including Mount Saint Mary's College in Newburgh, New York, and was employed as a computer scientist and retired from Bell Laboratories/ Lucent. She was
active in St. Joseph's Parish in West Orange, among other things doing hospital ministry at St. Barnabas hospital in Livingston, New Jersey. Mary Agnes is survived by her beloved husband of 54 years, Frederick Schuchardt Hesselgrave, to whom she was devoted, and by her extended family. A visitation will be held on Monday, May 20, 2024 at 10:00 am, with a funereal mass to follow at 11:00 am, at St Joseph's Church, 44 Benvenue Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey, 07052. Internment will be at Gate of Heaven cemetery in East Hanover, New Jersey. In lieu of flowers donations are encouraged to the charity of the giver's choice.
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