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MCGUIRE, MARGARET M.
MCGUIRE, MARGARET M., of Rutland, died January 15, peacefully at home, in the company of her family. She was the daughter of John J. and Helen (Finn) McMahon, born in Barre on April 23, 1920. Margaret attended Barre schools and graduated from Spaulding High School in 1937. In 1939, she graduated from Northampton Commercial College, Northampton, Mass., and worked in the secretarial field until she enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Sept. 26, 1942. She was a member of the first class of WAVEs and assigned to the Naval Air Station in San Diego, and was discharged Feb. 7, 1946. On July 19, 1947, she married William A. McGuire, of Graniteville. He predeceased her on April 11, 1995. They resided in Burlington and Milton until his work took them to the Washington, D.C. area in 1961. In November 2008, she moved to Rutland. Margaret met her husband when she was employed by the VT National Guard, Camp Johnson. She was a loving mother who took her homemaking responsibilities seriously. When her children were old enough, she returned to the workforce. She enjoyed every opportunity for adventures in learning, and encouraged her children to follow suit. She enjoyed art, music, photography, sewing, pottery, travel and "sightseeing." Margaret held memberships in St. Ann's Society Milton, a painting club in Milton, Hibernians in Annandale, Va., and the Potomac Valley Irish Wolfhound Club in Northern Virginia. She also volunteered to help people in need. Margaret is survived by her seven children, Maureen McGuire, of Newport Center, Sheila Johnson, of LaGrange, Ill., Kathleen Dolan, of Troy, N.Y., Monica McGuire, of Ranson, W.Va., Thomas McGuire, of Granby, Conn., Barbara McGuire and Michael McGuire, of Rutland; and five grandchildren and their families. She is also survived by many in-laws, nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Margaret was predeceased by her sisters, Elizabeth LeClair and Clare McMahon; her son-in-law, Gene delaBruere; her in-laws, Floyd LeClair, Charles McGuire, Richard Jordan, Patrick and Grace McGuire, Monica and Hank Conroy, and Teresa and Paul Harding.
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