Thomas
J. Madigan Sr.
November 23, 2011
Thomas J. Madigan Sr., 91,
a resident of Springbrook Township, died Wednesday evening in the Hospice
Community Care, Dunmore. His wife
the former Margaret “Peggy” Bodnar died November 9, 2005, they were married 51
years at the time of her death.
He was born in Scranton,
the son of the late Edgar and Anna Gardner Madigan.
He was a member of Saint Peter’s
Cathedral and served as an Usher for many years.
He was a veteran of WW II serving with the United States Navy and a
graduate of the Lackawanna Business College. He
was a member of the Iron Workers Local 489 and prior to retirement was employed
as an ironworker.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mary Margaret Carter and her husband Randy, Springbrook Township; a son, Thomas
J. Madigan Jr., and his wife Kathy, Wilkes Barre; three grandchildren, Jackie Ei
and her husband Jon, Harrisburg, Randall Carter, Springbrook Township and Thomas
D. Madigan, Wilkes Barre; a brother, Frank Madigan, Duryea; nieces, nephews and
cousins.
He was preceded in death by
two brothers, John Madigan, Edgar Madigan; three sisters, Catherine Sowa, Anna
Maria Runyan and Eleanor Farr.
The funeral will be Monday
at 9 a.m. from the Miller Bean Funeral Home, Inc., with Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St.
Peter’s Cathedral, 315 Wyoming Avenue. Interment
will follow in Saint Catherine’s Cemetery, Covington Township.
