Mrs. Mary McGroarty, Co-Founder of McGroarty’s News Agency and Auto & Truck Center
Saturday, June 30, 2007
A Memorial Mass was held in Saint Patrick's Church, Woodbury, for Mary McGroarty, 80, of Deptford, who died June 23.
Mrs. McGroarty was a long time resident of Gloucester City and Deptford. She was schooled in Ireland and graduated from Saint Mary's and Gloucester Catholic High School, and Saint Francis School of Nursing, Trenton and was a surgical nurse.
Mary and John founded and owned McGroarty's News Agency and Auto & Truck Center, Gloucester City, for over 30 years.
Beloved wife of the late John; mother of the late Jim. Survived by her two sons Robert (Amy) of Pitman; Gerald (Lisa) of Glassboro; two daughters, Joan of Blackwood and Peggy (Joe) of Deptford; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; also her brother Joseph Murphy and sister Fran Murphy Lafferty.