Margaret J. (Downey) Brady a lifelong Charlestown resident died in her home on Wednesday August 24, 2005 following a long illness with cancer. She was 80 years old.
Margaret was born in Charlestown and grew up there. She attended Boston Public Schools. She was a homemaker.
Margaret is the loving wife of 61 years to Hugh "Red" Brady. She is the devoted mother of Joanne Tumosa and her husband Edward of Maine, Janice Daley and her husband Bill, Elizabeth Kelly and her husband John all of Charlestown, Robert Brady and his wife Sharon of Medford and the late Jeanne Hamilton. She is the mother-in-law of William Hamilton. Margaret is the loving grandmother of 12 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. She is the sister of Catherine Reiley of New York and the late Dolly Barry, John and Joseph Downey.
Margaret's Funeral will be held on Saturday morning August 27, 2005 at 9 am. from the Frank H. Carr Funeral Home 220 Bunker Hill St. Charlestown, followed by her Funeral Mass in St. Francis De Sales Church 313 Bunker Hill St. Charlestown at 10 am. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours are on Friday August 26, 2005 from 3 to 7 pm. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden.
In lieu of flowers kindly make memorial donations in Margaret's name to Hallmark Health Hospice, 100 Hospital Road, Malden, Mass. 02148.