Margaret McGRORY died on March 25, 2017, at the age of 94. She was a resident of Marble Hill in the Bronx, NY, at the time of her death.
Margaret was born and grew up on a farm in County Donegal, Ireland. She came to the United States in 1948, settling first in Brooklyn. She moved to Marble Hill with her family several years after her marriage in 1950. She was an avid reader and quickly became a regular patron at the Kingsbridge Regional Library. She began her 25 year NYPL career at Kingsbridge where she served as Senior Clerk and Clerical Supervisor for the Bronx Northwest Region. She quickly embraced technology and was a member of the team which taught computer and automated circulation skills to the staff. Margaret retired on July 25, 1995.

She continued to read a book a day in retirement and became a Scrabble fan when eyesight issues intervened. She is survived by five children, including NYPL retiree Anne Hofmann, as well as a very large extended family in the United States, Ireland, and other locations abroad.

See New York Public Library Retirees Retirees Newsletter, Issue 41, page 17.