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Patrick May¹

• Father: Thomas May¹
• Mother: Anne Walsh¹ b. 25 Oct 1867

• Charts: Cawley, Walsh

• Birth*: Patrick May was born on 5 March 1894 at Curraghboy, Tubbercurry, County Sligo, Ireland.²

Thomas May¹

• Father: Pat Maye¹

• Occupation*: Thomas May was a farner before 1893 at Curraghboy, Tubbercurry, County Sligo, Ireland.¹
• Marriage*: He married Anne Walsh, daughter of John "Jack" Walsh and Bridget Cawley, on 18 February 1893 at Toulestrane, Tubbercurry, County Sligo, Ireland.¹

Thomas J. May¹

• Father: Thomas May¹
• Mother: Anne Walsh¹ b. 25 Oct 1867

• Charts: Cawley, Walsh

• Birth*: Thomas J. May was born on 12 January 1902 at Curraghboy, Tubbercurry, County Sligo, Ireland.¹
• Occupation*: He was a helper in an oil refinery in 1940.²
• Residence*: He lived; He settled in the Philadelphia region.³
• Death*: He died in July 1964 at Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 62.^3,4
• Burial*: He was buried in 1964 at SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA.⁵

Thomas J. May¹

• Father: Thomas J. May¹ b. 12 Jan 1902, d. Jul 1964

• Charts: Cawley, Walsh

• Birth*: Thomas J. May was born circa 1931 at Chester County, Pennslyvania, USA.¹
• Residence*: He lived before 14 June 2001 at Boothwyn, Delaware County, Pennslyvania, USA.¹
• Death*: He died on 14 June 2001 at Downingtown, Chester County, Pennslyvania, USA. Thomas J. May, 70, (obit)
  Retired IBM systems engineer
  
  Thomas J. May, 70, of Boothwyn, a systems engineer with IBM and a U.S. Navy veteran, died June 14 at St. Martha Manor in Downingtown.
  
  Born in Chester, Mr. May began his career at IBM after serving fours years in the U.S. Navy as an officer. He retired as a systems engineer in 1991 after 32 years with the company.
  
  Mr. May attended Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Archmere Academy, and Penn State University, receiving degrees in Physics and Mathematics. He also earned a B.A. in Philosophy from St. Michael's College in Toronto, Canada.
  
  Mr. May was an active member of St. Katharine Drexel Church, Chester, serving as a lector for many years. He was also active in the Catholic Alumni Club of the Delaware Valley and the Delaware Valley pro-life movement. Mr. May regularly protested area abortion clinics.
  
  He worked to raise money for the Mother's Home in Darby and other organizations dedicated to assisting needy mothers and their children.
  
  Mr. May was the son of the late Thomas J. and Catherine T. Battle May.
  
  Survivors: Sisters, Marie Litchko of Boothwyn, Kathleen Holman of West Chester nieces nephews grandnieces and grandnephews.
  
  Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday St. Katharine Drexel Church, Chester.
  
  Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Tuesday and 9:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Carr Funeral Home, 935 S. Providence Ave., Wallingford, Nether Providence.
  
  Burial: SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Marple.
  
  Contributions: Birthright of West Chester, 201 N. Walnut St., West Chester, PA 19380 or St. Katharine Drexel Church, 1920 Providence Ave., Chester, PA 19013.
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  Delaware County Daily Times (Primos - Upper Darby, PA) - Sunday, June 17, 2001.¹
• Burial*: He was buried on 20 June 2001 at SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennslyvania, USA.¹

Pat Maye¹

• Occupation*: Pat Maye was a farmer before 1893 at Curraghboy, Tubbercurry, County Sligo, Ireland.¹

Jerome Thomas Mc Carthy^1,2

• Mother: Kathleen Connor¹ b. 16 Oct 1924, d. 15 Aug 1967

• Charts: Connor

• Birth*: Jerome Thomas Mc Carthy was born on 3 February 1947.¹
• Death*: He died on 15 March 1987 at 2327 Veteran Avenue, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA, at age 40; Death Certificate: Los Angeles 1987 0 012456; Transcribed by Nancy Connor Post. Jerome McCarthy, born February 3, 1947; Died March 15, 1987 at 2327 Veteran Ave., West Los Angeles; Usualy Residence 2327 Veteran Ave., West Lost Angeles; Father: James Brandon McCarthy, born unknown; Mother Kathleen Patricia Connor, born California; SS# 573-64-7676; Computer Specialist - 15 years - Connor Company; Kind of Industry: Computer operations; Informant: James B. McCarthy, brother, 2327 Veteran Ave., West Lost Angeles; Cause of Death: bilateral bronopnuemonia with emphysema & Laennec' cirrhosis & chronic intravenous drug use, hypertension... accident-injection at residence. Funeral Directory: Gates, Kingsley & Gates CC; Burial: March 24, 1987 at Riveside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren, Riverside, CA.¹
• Burial*: He was buried on 24 March 1987 at Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren, Riverside, Humboldt County, California, USA.¹

Catherine McBride¹

• Father: Thomas McBride¹ b. 9 Apr 1883, d. 11 Nov 1944
• Mother: Rose Ann Haughey¹ b. 2 Nov 1885, d. 22 Aug 1973

• Charts: Colfour/Colfer, Connor

• Birth*: Catherine McBride was born on 12 March 1915.¹
• Note*: She SPARS. The Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress signed into law on 23 November 1942. It was modeled on the one the U.S. Navy had created a few months earlier, with similar restrictions: women could not (a) serve in combat; (b) be stationed outside the continental United States; or (c) be given command authority over men.
  
  Capt. Dorothy C. Stratton, former dean of women at Purdue University, served throughout the war as director of the Coast Guard Women's Reserve. She suggested that its official nickname—SPARS—be based on the Coast Guard motto: “Semper paratus—Always Ready.”
  
  During World War II, the SPARS recruited about 12,000 women, including 955 officers. SPARS and female civilian employees did most of the clerical work in the Coast Guard's Washington headquarters. Other specialties gradually were opened to enlisted SPARS, who eventually held forty?three ratings from boatswain's mate to yeoman. Twelve SPARS staffed the Chatham, Massachusetts, LORAN station, part of a highly secret electronic navigation system. In September 1944, Congress lifted the ban on stationing women outside the contiguous states; about 200 SPARS were sent to Alaska and 200 more to Hawaii.
  
  SPARS enlisted for “duration plus six”—the length of the war plus six months. After the surrender of Japan in August 1945, the women's reserve branches of all the services were disbanded, though the label SPARS continued to be applied informally to female Coast Guardsmen. In 1956, twenty?one women were serving in the Coast Guard Reserve. Though it continued to accept a few female recruits, the service made no further systematic effort to recruit women until the 1970s when women were admitted into all of the U.S. armed forces.
  Source: Oxford Companion to Military History, Chambers, 2000. after 1944.
• Biography*: Listed as A/S Catherine of U. S. Spars in her father's death certificate.²
• Death*: She died on 22 November 2001 at St. Joseph Home for the Aged, Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA, at age 86; McBride
  Catherine Virginia "Kay" McBride, born in Chicago March 12, 1915, passed away on November 22, at St. Joseph Home for the Aged, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kay is survived by loving husband, William P. O'Brien and was a devoted friend to his sons Carter and William Jr. (Charlene); she is also survived by loving sisters, Margaret A. Pauluch, Regina (Robert) Schattnik, Patricia McBride Lavery; and sister-in-law, Catherine McBride Humphrey as well as numberous (sp) nieces, nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews; preceded in death by brother, Thomas F., James J. and sisters, Mary McBride, Sister Mary Rose McBride and Genevieve Loeb. Ms. McBride served in the Coast Guard, S. P. A. R. Division during World War II. She played 1st trumpet for Mundelein College and Hormel Woman's Marching Band. A Masters Degree from the University of Chicago led Kay to a 40-year career with the Chicago Board of Education beginning as a Primary Grade Specialized Teacher to the position of Chicago Citywide Special Education Consultant. Kay and an assocate initiated the mainstreaming of handicapped students into the regular classrooms of the Chicago Public Schools. Services will be held at 11 a.m, Tuesday, November 27, at The Chapel of St. Joseph Home for the Aged, 9244 29th Ave., Kenosha, WI 262-694-0080. Per family requests, no flowers or donations please. Source: Chicago Trib, 27 Nov 2001, page 149.^3,4,5
• Burial*: She was buried on 27 November 2001 at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Union Grove, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA.⁶

Genevieve McBride¹

• Father: Thomas McBride¹ b. 9 Apr 1883, d. 11 Nov 1944
• Mother: Rose Ann Haughey¹ b. 2 Nov 1885, d. 22 Aug 1973

• Charts: Colfour/Colfer, Connor

• Married Name: Her married name was Loeb.²
• Birth*: Genevieve McBride was born on 7 August 1911.¹
• (Witness) Letter: She was mentioned in the letter of Mary Lucy Connor on 29 December 1954; 1220 Maple Ave
  Evanston, Ill
  December 29, 1954
  
  Dear Rose:
  We received your nice card and were glad to hear from you, but sorry that you hurt your leg and had to go to the Sanitarium. I hope you are feeling much better now and will soon be well.
  Ann Phelan like it very much at Sacred Heart and enjoyed meeting you and Genevieve.
  It is good of Genevieve to think of having us out and I wish we lived nearer so we could see each other oftener. Right now we are rather tied down on account of Will's illness. He suffered a severe stroke almost five years ago and has been an invalid ever since.
  He lost his speech as well as being paralyzed and lately he does not see very well so it is quite pitiful.
  If you or any of the family have a car, and are out this way, we would love to see you all. I often wish I had learned to drive when I was younger - We might have kept Charlie's car. We still miss him so much.
  Well, we had good Christmas weather - It was nice getting out to Mass under the stars. The rest of the week has been so unusual with rain, snow, wind and today thunder and lightening. I'm afraid there will be many accidents.
  Father Charles Sullivan came out to see Will the Sunday before Christmas. He looks real well now but I think he has too much to do. The Jesuits work hard.
  Perhaps someday we can get together and have a good visit. In the meantime we all wish you and yours health and happiness in the new year.
  Sincerely yours,
  Mary Connor.³
• Death*: Genevieve McBride died on 31 January 1992 at age 80.¹

James McBride¹

• Father: Thomas McBride¹ b. 9 Apr 1883, d. 11 Nov 1944
• Mother: Rose Ann Haughey¹ b. 2 Nov 1885, d. 22 Aug 1973

• Charts: Colfour/Colfer, Connor

• Birth*: James McBride was born on 9 July 1924.¹
• Biography*: Listed as Pvt. James, U. S. A. in his father's death notice. He was killed just six weeks after his father died.²
• Death*: He died on 26 December 1944 at Belgium at age 20; Died at age 20 in the Battle of the Bulge, WWII.^3,1

Margaret "Mickey" Agatha McBride^1,2

Margaret McBride Paluch
Photo courtesy: Dan Schattnik

• Father: Thomas McBride¹ b. 9 Apr 1883, d. 11 Nov 1944
• Mother: Rose Ann Haughey¹ b. 2 Nov 1885, d. 22 Aug 1973

• Charts: Colfour/Colfer, Connor

• Birth*: Margaret "Mickey" Agatha McBride was born on 4 June 1922 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.^1,3,4
• Married Name: As of 15 May 1944,her married name was Paluch.^1,5
• Marriage*: She married Chester John Paluch on 15 May 1944 at Cook County, Illinois, USA.^1,5
• Death*: Margaret "Mickey" Agatha McBride died on 8 October 2009 at Cook, Illinois, U.S.A., at age 87. Death Notice: Chicago Tribune, Sunday, October 11, 2009. Paluch, Margaret A.
  Margaret A. "Mickey" Paluch, nee McBride age 87, beloved wife of the late Chester J., loving mother of Thomas (Julianne0, James (Laura), Peg, Michelle (Michael) Precin, Mary Lou (Bill) Rafferty, Patty Jo Schmidt, Rose Ann (the late Richard) Biernat, John and Michael (Erin); adoring grandmother of Maggie, Becky, Dan Kate, Melissa, Matt, Sara, Philip, Colleen, Patrick, John, Jamie, Rose, Joe, Mike, Alexandra and Audrey; dearest sister Regina Schattnik, Patricia J. Lavery, the late Genevieve Loeb, Rose, Catherine, Thomas, Mary and James McBride; fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday, Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. Mass at St. Paul of the Cross Church. Funeral Procession will leave Funeral Home at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Oct.13, for interment at All Saints Cemetery. Visitation Sunday, 3 to 9 p.m. and Monday 3 to 7 p.m., at Ryan-Parke Funeral Home, 120 S. Northwest Hwy. (two blocks S. of Tough), Park Ridge. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Paluch Foundation, 3708 River Rd., Suite 400, Franklin Park, IL 60121-2158.
  
  Chicago Suburban Daily Herald, October 10-12, 2009
  Margaret A. "Mickey" Paluch Margaret A. "Mickey" Paluch, a dedicated servant of the church, passed away. The Paluch and Rafferty families, the J.S. Paluch corporate family, and the church, mourn the loss of Margaret A. "Mickey" Paluch. Early Thursday morning, Oct. 8, 2009, Margaret, the beloved mother of nine, grandmother of 17, and chairman of the board of the J.S. Paluch Company, died after suffering a severe stroke on Wednesday evening. The wake was Sunday, Oct. 11, from 3 to 9 p.m. and will be Monday, Oct. 12, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Ryan-Parke Funeral Home, 120 S. Northwest Highway (two blocks south of Touhy), Park Ridge, 847-823-1171. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul of the Cross, 320 S. Washington St., Park Ridge, with the burial taking place on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The procession will depart the Ryan-Parke Funeral Home at 10 a.m. to the final destination at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines. Mickey Paluch's personal lifelong commitment to the church has been inspiring and remarkable. In keeping with her spirit, the J.S. Paluch Company, a major national religious publisher providing the Catholic community with worship aids, inspirational music, Sunday bulletins, calendars and computer software, shares its resources with parishes across the country. The Paluch Family Foundation was established by Mickey in 1995 and funds liturgy, stewardship and vocations projects. Award recipients are chosen for their witness to the gospel and service to the church and their community. In particular, the area of church vocations held a special place in Mickey's heart and was a primary focus of her personal commitment. In 1985, she established the company's National Vocation Awareness Division, which supports vocation ministry in the church and underwrites an annual national vocation seminar. In recognition of her devotion to vocation ministry, the National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) presented its John Paul II Award to Mickey in 1987. In 1989, the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors (NCDVD) bestowed its Stewardship Award on Mickey and, in 1995, established the Margaret A. Paluch Award in her honor. This award is given to individuals who make outstanding contributions to vocation ministry. Mickey had been a member of FATICA, an organization that supports vocation ministry. She often contributed her time and resources to fundraising for the archdiocese and for religious orders, and had personally given financial assistance for seminary study costs. In 1991, Mickey established the Endowment for the Margaret and Chester Paluch Chair of Theology at the University of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein in support of that effort. In 2007, Mickey received the Pope John Paul II Seminary Leadership Award from the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) Seminary Department in recognition of her distinguished service to Roman Catholic seminaries in the United States and Canada. Marianist Brother Bernard F. Stratman, executive director of the NCEA Seminary Department remarked, "In presenting the award to a lay woman, the department affirms the qualities of creativity, leadership and service of individuals who contribute to the development of effective priestly formation programs in the U.S. This award honors the memory and the legacy of Pope John Paul II." The most durable of Mickey's legacies can be seen in the lives of her children and grandchildren. Mickey instilled a love and appreciation of music. In the words of her family members, "For most of her family and friends, the most vivid memory is Mickey with a microphone in her hand, poised in front of a piano, belting out 'Georgia.' Now, Mickey is singing in a more heavenly venue." In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Paluch Family Foundation, c/o Mary L. Rafferty, J.S. Paluch Co., Inc., 3708 River Road, Suite 400, Franklin Park, IL 60131. For more information about Mickey Paluch go to www.jspaluch.com and www.wlpmusic.com. For media inquiries, contact Dolores Orzel at 847-233-2755 or e-mail Orzeld@jspaluch.com.^6,3
• Rcfuneral*: She was buried from on 12 October 2009 at St. Paul of the Cross Church, Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois, USA.⁶
• Burial: She was buried on 13 October 2009 at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA.⁶