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Rose Mary
Pagley Flanagan
1934-2012
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From Vindicator
LAKE MILTON - Rose Mary Pagley Flanagan, 77, died July 8 at the home of her daughter.
“She gave definition of how to fight cancer with grace and dignity.”
Rose was born July 11, 1934, in New Castle, Pa., the daughter of Dominic and Rachael Pagley.
After graduating from New Castle High, Rosie, as a very early non-conventional student, graduated from Youngstown State University in 1984, earning a Bachelors Degree.
She had worked in the Financial Aid Department of Y.S.U. for over 20 years before retiring in 1995. After her retirement, Rose Mary and her husband, John, would spend the winter months in Jupiter, Fla., where she worked at the Bealls Department Store.
She attended St. Patrick Church, the Lake Milton Boat Club, Riverbend C.C. in Jupiter, Fla., and was the founder of the “Families in Touch” support group, and the Rose Mary Flanagan Ovarian Cancer Foundation. Rose was known in the Youngstown area as an advocate for better care and understanding of those with mental illnesses. She served on the Mahoning County Mental Health Board.
Rose Mary is survived by her husband, John P. Flanagan, whom she married in 1955; four daughters, Sheila ( David Engler) Flanagan McKinney of Canfield, Bridget (Pete Stevens) Flanagan of Lake Milton, Christine (Bob) Donaldson of Orlando, Fla., and Erin M. (Raymond Lonsway) Flanagan of Boardman; two sons, John P. Flanagan III of Jupiter, Fla. and Kevin R. Flanagan of Lake Milton; five grandchildren, Erica Mararri, Lauren McKinney, John P. Flanagan IV, Robert Donaldson and Shannon Donaldson; two sisters, Rachael Pagley and Judith Oakley; and a brother, Paul Pagley.
Rose Mary was preceded in death by her birth parents; her stepmother, Lucy Felix, who raised her; and a sister, Esther Stevens.
Entombment was in Resurrection Mausoleum at St. Mary Cemetery in New Castle.
The family has requested that material tributes in her memory take the form of donations to the Rose Mary Flanagan Ovarian Cancer Foundation at P.O. Box 534, Canfield, OH 44406, www.rmfocf.org.
She was the 333rd classmate to walk down the aisle at graduation. After her name in the Yearbook, it reads: Lovely girl who's strictly on the beam. Forensic 11-12, Y-Teens 11-12, Literary Club 11-12, Dofobs 10-12, Student Council Committee 10-11-12.
Rose Mary with John Cobau of Grosse Point Woods, Mich. and Suzanne Blau London of Blomfield Hills, Mich. at the 50th.
At the 50th with, from left: Gretchen Mackey Lowery of Stowe, Ohio, Nancy Burkholder Scherer of Jamesville, N.Y., Rose Mary, Mary Jane Lewis Riedel of Lancaster, Ohio, and the late Lois Tilton Klingensmith of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
At the 50th Reunion
With Mary Jane Lewis Riedel at the 55th Reunion.
Rose Mary, in the spring of 2010, met up for a reunion in Florida with Judith Smith of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Jean McIlwraith Tebay of Jupiter.
From Yearbook
From Vindy
