Anne M. (Mackay) Donaghy-Mayer, 79, of New Bedford passed away Tuesday April 3, 2012 at home surrounded by her family after a long battle with cancer. She was the wife of Roger J. Mayer and the late William K. Donaghy.
Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Edward V. and Alice (Clarke) Mackay, she lived in New Bedford for all of her life.
She was a communicant of Our Lady of Fatima Church.
Mrs. Donaghy-Mayer was formerly employed as a registered nurse in the Emergency Room at St. Luke’s Hospital for many years until her retirement.
She was a graduate of Holy Family High School and St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing. She was a member of the St. Luke’s Retirees.
Her family would like to thank the staff of Community Nurse and Hospice Care and Hawthorn Medical Associates for the wonderful care given to Anne during her illness.
Survivors include her husband; four sons, William K. Donaghy, Jr. and his wife Brendalee Mulroy Donaghy and Michael E. Donaghy and his wife Claudia, all of Dartmouth, Daniel P. Donaghy and his wife Leonor, and Timothy P. Donaghy, all of New Bedford; her stepchildren, Donald Mayer and his wife Janet of Rochester and Donna LaBrode and her husband Donald of Acushnet; 13 grandchildren, Edward, Ian, Justin, Andrew, and Garrett Donaghy, Caitlin Guerrero, Jennifer Nunes, Jennifer Taylor, Julie Bosworth, Eric LaBrode, Elizabeth Leifheit, Jocelyn and Alison Mayer; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was the sister of the late Edward Mackay.
Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday at 10 AM at Our Lady of Fatima Church. Burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery will be private. Visiting hours will be on Monday from 4-8 PM at the Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals, 495 Park St., New Bedford. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Community Nurse and Hospice Care, P.O. Box 751, Fairhaven, MA 02719. For directions and guestbook, please visit www.saundersdwyer.com.