Obituary of Margaret M. O'Grady

Margaret M. O'Grady of South Orange, N.J., passed away on July 12, 2018. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass on Wednesday, July 18, at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 217 Prospect St., South Orange. Interment is at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the Preston Funeral Home, 153 South Orange Ave., South Orange, on Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m. Born in Newark, N.J., Margaret had lived in South Orange for 50 years. She was an executive assistant with a law firm in Newark, N.J., for 20 years before more recently working for KPMG in Short Hills, N.J., as an executive assistant for 30 years before retiring in 2010. Margaret was very proud of her Irish heritage, was involved in many Irish organizations and excelled at Irish stepdancing. She was the beloved sister of James (his wife, Mary) and Thomas O'Grady; dear aunt of Mary Francis and James Patrick O'Grady, and loving great-aunt of Mary Catherine and Owen Watts. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory to The Center for Hope Hospice, Peggy's House, 1900 Raritan Rd., Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076 would be appreciated. For more information, please visit prestonfuneralhome.net.