my grandmother's obituary
This was up on the Newport Daily News website for 2 days, and now you have to pay to see it. What?! So I am posting it here for my family to see.
Margaret Sheehan
Margaret (Vega) Sheehan, 83, of 93 Coggeshall Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, November 27, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport RI surrounded by her family.
Born in New Orleans, LA on August 15, 1923, the Feast of the Assumption, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Paula (Delery) Vega. She moved to Newport in 1949 to marry Joseph E. Sheehan; they were married on June 20, 1949 and remained married until his death in 1973.
While raising six children, Mrs. Sheehan was the faculty secretary at Salve Regina University for 17 years, retiring in 1985. She was an Oblate of the Benedictines of Jesus Crucified. Mrs. Sheehan attended Loyola University in New Orleans.
She is survived by her sons Peter John Sheehan of Newport, RI, Dennis Paul Sheehan of State College, PA, Thomas Christopher Sheehan of Middletown, RI, Joseph Francis Sheehan and his wife Cynthia of South Kingstown, RI; her daughter Mary Margaret Sheehan and her husband Kevin Weaver of Newport, RI; her sister Dotty McBride of Lafayette, LA; her grandchildren Annie Sheehan, Meg Sheehan, Caroline Sheehan, Grace Weaver, Matthew Sheehan, Kate Weaver, Carly Sheehan and Michael Weaver and one great-grandson Oliver Blackmon.
She was the mother of the late Michael Joseph Sheehan and the sister of the late Manuel Vega and Delery Vega.
Her funeral will be held on Thursday, November 30, 2006, at 9 a.m. from the Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Augustin’s Church, Carroll Avenue, Newport. Burial will be in St. Columba’s Cemetary in Middletown.
Calling hours will be on Wednesday, November 29, 2006, from 3-6 p.m. in the Memorial Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Benedictines of Jesus Crucified, Monastery of the Glorious Cross, 61 Burban Drive, Branford, CT 06045 or to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny School, Cluny Convent, Brenton Road, Newport, RI 02840.
Condolences, information and directions available at www.memorialfuneralhome.com
This was something that she wrote to Tom, that was read at the funeral. I really like it, so I'll post it too.
I am not alone for God is always with me.
I am not afraid for God is protecting me.
I am forgiven everything for God is loving me.
I am bearing fruit for God is supporting me.
I will persevere for God is sustaining me.
I am being saved for God is calling me.
Margaret Sheehan
Margaret (Vega) Sheehan, 83, of 93 Coggeshall Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, November 27, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport RI surrounded by her family.
Born in New Orleans, LA on August 15, 1923, the Feast of the Assumption, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Paula (Delery) Vega. She moved to Newport in 1949 to marry Joseph E. Sheehan; they were married on June 20, 1949 and remained married until his death in 1973.
While raising six children, Mrs. Sheehan was the faculty secretary at Salve Regina University for 17 years, retiring in 1985. She was an Oblate of the Benedictines of Jesus Crucified. Mrs. Sheehan attended Loyola University in New Orleans.
She is survived by her sons Peter John Sheehan of Newport, RI, Dennis Paul Sheehan of State College, PA, Thomas Christopher Sheehan of Middletown, RI, Joseph Francis Sheehan and his wife Cynthia of South Kingstown, RI; her daughter Mary Margaret Sheehan and her husband Kevin Weaver of Newport, RI; her sister Dotty McBride of Lafayette, LA; her grandchildren Annie Sheehan, Meg Sheehan, Caroline Sheehan, Grace Weaver, Matthew Sheehan, Kate Weaver, Carly Sheehan and Michael Weaver and one great-grandson Oliver Blackmon.
She was the mother of the late Michael Joseph Sheehan and the sister of the late Manuel Vega and Delery Vega.
Her funeral will be held on Thursday, November 30, 2006, at 9 a.m. from the Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Augustin’s Church, Carroll Avenue, Newport. Burial will be in St. Columba’s Cemetary in Middletown.
Calling hours will be on Wednesday, November 29, 2006, from 3-6 p.m. in the Memorial Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Benedictines of Jesus Crucified, Monastery of the Glorious Cross, 61 Burban Drive, Branford, CT 06045 or to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny School, Cluny Convent, Brenton Road, Newport, RI 02840.
Condolences, information and directions available at www.memorialfuneralhome.com
This was something that she wrote to Tom, that was read at the funeral. I really like it, so I'll post it too.
I am not alone for God is always with me.
I am not afraid for God is protecting me.
I am forgiven everything for God is loving me.
I am bearing fruit for God is supporting me.
I will persevere for God is sustaining me.
I am being saved for God is calling me.