- Mary Meagher
Mary Beatrice ( Harshbarger) Meagher went to be with the Lord early Monday morning, October
6, 2008 after more than a decade of battling Alzheimer's. Funeral services will be held at 10:00
AM Monday, October 13 at the Coalridge Mennonite Church with Ralph Harshbarger officiating.
Interment services will be at the Wildrose Cemetery at Wildrose, North Dakota at 2:30 PM
(CDT) Monday; friends who do not attend the service in Coalridge are encouraged to gather at
the cemetery. Casketbearers will be Leonard Meagher, III; Kirby Borntrager, Troy Troutman, Sr.,
Isaac Schultes, Zachary Murry, Andrew Drawbond, and Myron Wagler.
Mary was born in Coalridge, Mt. on June 14, 1917, to Jacob Menno and Beatrice (Hewitt)
Harshbarger, the second of six children. She met her husband of 34 years, Leonard Meagher,
in South Dakota where they married in February of 1939. They started their life together while
working on a ranch; he as a cowboy and she as the cook. When Leonard was drafted into
World War II she became a single parent of two small children, staying first with in-laws and
then moving back to Coalridge with her father. During this time she took correspondence
courses to become a LPN but no one seems to think she ever took her nursing boards. After
the war she helped Leonard with a few mechanic shops and ended up waitressing and
working as an aide in a nursing home.
Washington; Kathleen Grace Troutman and her husband Jerry Troutman of Oregon; Kenneth Richard Meagher and his wife Lorene of
Coalridge, Montana; Richard Trent Meagher and his wife Codi of Unionville Center, Ohio. Twenty six grandchildren: Pattie Ann Jean (Allen),
Billy Joel Gonzales, Melodee (Sherman) Case, David Gonzales, April (John) Laurers, Jeffery Allen Meagher (Kathy), Mari Lynn Wilson,
Denise James, Steven Glenn Meagher, James Richard Meagher (Tanaya), Leonard Richard Meagher (Joan), Kevin Meagher, Delana
Burke, Teri Hartness (David), Troy Michael James Troutman Sr. (LeAnn Marie), Terrance Troutman (Rosanna), Tami Dorda (Dan), Tina
Lancaster, Deborah Murry (Zachary), Rebecca Gunti (Sam), Rachel Borntrager (Kirby), Sarah Schulte~Isaac, Dorcas Drawbond (Andrew),
Ruth Wagler (Myron), Shaun Meagher, and Bradly Meagher as well as thirty-five great grandchildren; Chay Littlefield, Mariah Wilson (Ryan);
Brianna, Erik, Austin, and Jorden Laures; Bailey, David, and Jamie Meagher; Daniel, Kevin, Dallas, Chay; Amanda and Alyssa James;
Breck and Brianna Meagher; Dennis, David, Christopher, Anthony; David and Lindy Hartness; Troy Jerold Andrew Troutman Jr., Nick,
Vueno, Melissa Phiguena Amanda, Allen, Alex, and Ayden Troutman; Joseph and Christopher Dorda; Gaige Troutman; Tyler, Dylan, and
Grace Murry; Sonya, Jason, and Judson Gunti; and Dorinda Bontrager and one great-great grandson, Jeremiah Andreas Cordona. She is
also survived by a sister, Martha Gordon of Glendale, Az., a sister-in-law Doris Harshbarger of Washington, her brother-in-law Jim Meagher
(Millie), Mike Meagher, and a sister-in-law Phyllis Hiteman.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers John, Mark, Dave, Isaac (in infancy), her husband Leonard, her infant daughters
Sharon and Penny Candy, Brothers-in-law Earl and Bob Meagher and Lewis Hiteman; an infant great-granddaughter, Aaron Jasmin
Troutman, a son-in-law Emil Gonzales, a grandson Gregg Meagher, and other nieces and nephews.
Her family wants to thank the staff at Sheridan Memorial for all the care given to our Mom and Grandma. We also want to thank the
Coalridge Mennonite church and Fulkerson's for your care and thoughtfulness at this time. All friends and Family have been a blessing to
us. Thank-you all.
| 1917 - 2008 |
| . . . . in Memory of . . . . |
Remembering Mary