Marguerite (Maggie) Holloran died peacefully on Saturday, March 3, 2018 surrounded by her loving family and her faithful “guard dog”. Maggie was ninety-three.
She is survived by her son, Richard Holloran and partner, Bette Bogdan; son James Holloran, daughter Therese Holloran and partner, Bill Brown, daughter Patricia and her husband, Kevin Baron, as well as five grand-children and five great-grand-children. Maggie was pre-deceased by her husband, George Holloran, and by her brothers and her parents.
Maggie was born in 1924 on Thanksgiving Day (November 24) to Samuel and Caroline (Cate) Mitchell. She enjoyed reminding the family ever after that her arrival on that day ruined the family’s Thanksgiving dinner.
Maggie married George Holloran in 1950 and lived their entire lives together in a home they built next-door to her childhood home. Maggie was employed for many years as a telephone operator for the New England Telephone Company. She had an adventurous spirit and travelled by train throughout the country in the 1940’s and later visited Ireland and Switzerland. With the arrival of her children family became the central focus of her life. Her children and later generations of grand-children remember her as a gentle, patient, devoted, matriarch.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Meals on Wheels, 2 Industrial Park Drive, Ste 2, Concord, NH 03301
The family would like to thank Concord Hospital Emergency Room staff, the nurses at Concord Hospital Ambulatory Infusion Center, her Doctors, and the Visiting Nurse Association for their kind, caring attention. The family also wishes to recognize the outstanding support provided by Patty at the Meals-on-Wheels program.
Calling hours will be held at Bennett Funeral Home, 209 North Main Street in Concord on Thursday, March 8, 2018 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 180 Loudon Road in Concord at 10:00 am, Friday, March 9, 2018.
Memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.Bennettfuneral.com .
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