Obituaries

Glen Rock's Betty McDonagh Dies at 84

Funeral scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Elizabeth "Betty" Frances McDonagh died at the age of 84 on Saturday, according to her death notice.

Betty was the beloved wife of the late Thomas McDonagh, who predeceased her in 1997. She leaves behind two daughters, four granchildren and three siblings.

The Glen Rock resident was a parishioner of St. Catharine Roman Catholic Church in Glen Rock and volunteered with the Valley Hospital Auxiliary at Kurth Cottage. Betty worked as the secretary to the vice president of General Foods in New York for a number of years.

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The funeral will begin Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. at Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. A funeral mass is scheduled at St. Catharine at 10 a.m. followed by the internment at Marycrest Cemetary in Mahwah. 

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Center for Dementia Research, Nathan Kline Institute, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, ATTN: Ralph Nixon, M.D., Ph.D.

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