Mary Margaret (McArdell) Carney

Mary Margaret (McArdell) Carney, age 82, currently of Forge Hill Estates, Ilion, a longtime Ilion resident, passed away Thursday evening, March 16, 2006, at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare with her family by her side. Mrs. Carney was born January 3, 1924 in Syracuse, daughter of the late George and Agatha (Sawmiller) McArdell. She was a graduate of North Syracuse High School and Crouse Irving School of Nursing. She continued her education at SUNY Oneonta, graduating with a BS degree in School Nurse Teaching. Mrs. Carney was employed as the Director of In-service Education at the Mohawk Valley General Hospital until her retirement. She was united in marriage to Dr. Theodore R. Carney, February 23, 1946. She was a parishioner of Annunciation and served as a Eucharistic Minister. Mrs. Carney is survived by her eight children, Bridget Goddard and her husband, Herbert of Rhinebeck, NY, Mary Houlihan and her husband, Michael of River Forest, IL, Erin Monahan and her husband, William of Fairport, NY, Theodore Carney of Utica, NY, Kathleen Donahue and her husband, Peter, Roberta Haefele, Aileen Sweeney, Shawn Carney and his wife, Gail, all of Ilion. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Morgan Friedman, Thatcher Goddard, Paul and his wife, Andrea, Mark, Katherine and Sarah Donahue, Padraic and William Houlihan, Lauren and Alison Haefele, Steven and Catherine Carney, Mary, Bridget, Erin and Sean Sweeney, Timothy and Michael Monahan; and great-grandchildren, Emma and Ryan Donahue. She is also survived by her brother-in-law, Francis Cooper; and his three children, Margaret, James and Sheila; and special cousin, Mary Hanley. She was predeceased by her husband in 1967; her son, Patrick, in 2003; and her sister, Elizabeth, in 1957. Calling hours are Sunday, March 19, 2006, from 2-5 p.m. at the Applegate & Day Funeral Home, 102 West Street, Ilion. Her funeral will be Monday, March 20, 2006, at 9:15 a.m. from Applegate & Day Funeral Home, Ilion, and 10 a.m. at the Church of Annunciation, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Anthony Barratt. Interment will take place later in the spring in Calvary Cemetery, Herkimer. The Catholic Daughters Funeral Ritual will be 3 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions in Mrs. Carney's memory may be made to Catholic Charities. Donation envelopes will be available at the funeral home and church. To send a letter of condolence or add to the on-line memorial, go to www.applegateandday.com on the Internet.

Carney Family