Margaret (Robb) Brady

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Margaret was born in Howell, Michigan October 9, 1912. She attended Howell elementary schools and St. Mary's Academy in Monroe, Michigan. She graduated high school from Immaculata in Washington, DC. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1934, she returned to Howell and worked at Citizens Mutual Insurance Company as manager of the credit department until the birth of her first child.

She married Joseph Brady in 1938, having known him her whole life. She and his sister, Katherine were friends.

She was active in local civic activities in Howell among them the Howell City Charter Commission, six years on the City Planning Commission, a Chairman of the City Election Committee, President of PTA, State Hospital Guild, various fund raising drives and was a substitute teacher for the Howell Public Schools. She was also very active at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

She moved to Laguna Woods, California with her husband in 1974 and became involved in her new "adoptive home." At St. Nicholas Parish, she was a lector, Eucharistic Minister and "Little Company of Mary." She was a board member and secretary of the Saddleback Hospital Associates. For two years she was in charge of the Associates Annual Fashion Show and served as a model for several of the shows. She volunteered at both Saddleback Hospital and Saddleback Thrift Shop giving over 4000 hours. She served as president of the Saddle Club (the first woman to hold that position). She was a member of the Theatre Guild, the Leisure World Historical Society and Leisure World University of Michigan Club. She and her husband, Joseph, were honored as "Leisure Worlders of the Month" in 1988.

She passed away in 2009 from complications of Parkinson's disease.

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See also: U S Federal Census 1920 Margaret Robb in household of Wm Robb U S Federal Census 1930.

U S Census 1940 Household of Joseph Brady, Obituary Orange County Register, Santa Ana, CA. Michigan Marriage records 1867-1952 State File #471897

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