Margaret ‘Peggy’ Graney Mahoney Of Southampton Dies June 15 - 27 East
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Margaret ‘Peggy’ Graney Mahoney Of Southampton Dies June 15

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Margaret ‘Peggy’ Graney Mahoney

Margaret ‘Peggy’ Graney Mahoney

authorStaff Writer on Jun 20, 2022

Margaret “Peggy” Graney Mahoney of Southampton and Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, died with her loving family by her side in Southampton on June 15. She was 87.

She was born in White Plains, New York to Josephine and John Graney on April 15, 1935. She graduated top of her class at the Academy of Our Lady of Good Council High School. She graduated from Mary Mount College in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education. She continued her education with a master’s degree in teaching from Columbia University and Manhattanville College. She taught at Scarsdale High school, became a homemaker, and then returned to the work force as a top real estate sales agent.

She was a member of Presentation Parish in Upper Saddle River and The Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton. She was a long-time member of the Water Mill Beach Club, and in her younger days a tennis club champion player at Triangle Tennis Club.

She is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, David J. Mahoney; her daughter Anne Mahoney (Michael Minnick) of New York City and Southampton; her daughter Chris Mahoney Pew (Edgar) of Peapack, New Jersey; four grandchildren Harry Pew, Aidan Minnick, Margaret “Greta” Pew, and Colin Minnick; three sisters, Catherine Queally of Huntington, Patsy Mangan of Somers, New York; Helen Rodick of White Plains; and brother John Graney of Portugal. She was predeceased by her brother Danny Graney.

A visitation was held on June 17 at Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. A funeral Mass was celebrated at The Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton on June 18.

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