Passed peacefully away at the Carbonear General Hospital on Saturday, October 11, 2014, Margaret Jane Moriarty of Harbour Grace, in her 97th year. Predeceased by husband: Leo; daughters: Ann, Elizabeth and infant daughter; son: Paul; son-in-law: Byron Dawe; parents: Richard and Ann McCarthy; step-father: John Thistle; infant brother: Gerald Joseph McCarthy; brothers: Frank (Monica) Thistle and John (Alice) Thistle; sister: Mary (Bill) Kennedy. Left to mourn, four daughters: Sheila (John) Dunphy, Harbour Grace, Margaret Dawe, St. John’s, Marian (Ivan) Penney, Harbour Grace and Joan (Leland) Mercer, St. John’s; two sons: Leo, Ferryland and Pete (Gladys), Harbour Grace; daughter-in-law: Helen (Pat) Pembroke, Harbour Grace; ten loving grandchildren and their families and two great-grandchildren; one sister: Sheila (Claude, deceased) Donnelly; also a large number of other relatives and friends. Rested at Noel's Funeral Home, Harbour Grace. Fr. William Pearce conducted the Funeral Mass on Tuesday, October 14 at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Riverhead, Harbour Grace. Interment followed in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Harbour Grace. Donations in her memory may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Harbour Grace. Please visit www.noelsfuneralhome.com to sign the memorial guest book.
Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass,
of glory in the flower, we will grieve not:
rather find strength in what remains behind.