Born in Fall River, a daughter of the late Patrick and Alice (Geary) Duggan, she was a lifelong area resident and lived in Staten Island, New York for short period of time where she met her husband.
A graduate of B.M.C. Durfee High School, she received her nursing diploma from the Truesdale Nursing School. She worked as a Registered Nurse at the Merchant Marine Hospital while living in Staten Island.
She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church and her best times spent were with her family.
She is survived by one son: Leonard Burgmyer Jr. and his wife Cornelia of Somerset; five daughters: Mary Cranfill and her husband Jerry of Hampton, VA, Virginia O’Leary and her husband Cornelius of Coronado, CA, Alice Lubrano and her husband Joseph of Durham, NH, Janice Abreu and her husband Antone of Swansea, Bernadette Moyer and her husband Lawrence of Plymouth, nineteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Alice, Thomas, and John Duggan.
Her Funeral will be held Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 9:00AM from the WARING-SULLIVAN HOME OF MEMORIAL TRIBUTE at CHERRY PLACE, 178 Winter St., Fall River, followed by a Funeral Mass at 10:00AM in Sacred Heart Church, Linden St., Fall River. Visiting hours Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00PM. Contributions in her honor may be made to Clifton Hospice Services, P.O. Box 25, Somerset, MA 02726. Burial in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Fall River.
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