Westport, MA – Margaret “Peg” Norris Ryan, 83, of Brayton Point Road passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, August 22, 2007.
Born in Waterford, CT, daughter of the late Jeremiah and Gertrude Leiper Norris, she had lived in Westport for the past 30 years. A veteran of WWII, she served her country as a United States Navy Nurse. She was a graduate of Boston College, earning her masters degree in nursing. Prior to retirement, she was a senior health planner for the United Way in Boston, MA. Mrs. Ryan was a Communicant of St. John the Baptist Church, Westport, and was an active member of the Westport Council on Aging.
Survivors include a daughter, Teresa A. Ryan-Henry, her husband Frank, and their sons James and John, of Rumford, RI, a brother, John Norris and his wife Marilyn, of Pleasure Beach, CT, and thirteen nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian Burial to which relatives and friends are invited will be Saturday, September 1, 2007, at St. John the Baptist Church, 945 Main Road, Westport, at 10:00 A.M.
Interment will be in Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport.
Calling hours are respectfully omitted.