Margaret Mary Lally

September 27, 1936 in Wheeling, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Joseph E. and

Mary Margaret Lally.

Margie graduated from St. Joseph Academy and West Liberty College with a degree in

education. After beginning her teaching career in Wheeling, she began working for the

Department of Defense and spent most of her career as a reading specialist, teaching in

Italy. She was a dedicated teacher for her students and worked at multiple levels in the

teachers union to advocate for the rights of teachers. Margie loved to explore new

places throughout Europe, hiking and visiting historical places and Catholic churches.

She enjoyed a tight-knit friend group of teachers who enjoyed traveling together,

drinking wine, dancing, and going to movies. Margie liked exercising regularly, loved to

be with people and was active in the Catholic church.

Margie took joy in trips back to the US to visit family each Christmas and sum mer. She

is survived by brother-in-law Bill Kammer, nieces Sally Buckles and Amy Schaefer, and

nephews Dennis, Kevin and Brent Lally, in addition to her grand nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, mother, nephew Patrick Lally, brothers Joe

and Bill Lally, and sister Ann Marie Kammer.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of the Resurrection located

at 6300 E. Dublin Granville Rd., New Albany, OH 43054, with Father Denis Kigozi

officiating. Interment will follow at 2PM at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting financial donations to the SPICE (Special People

in Catholic Education) Program http://www.spiceatstcatharine.com/support_spice.html or Marburn Academy

http://marburnacademy.org/invest-2/ .