Margaret Rose Hunter

Margaret Rose Hunter, wife of Kenneth Potter Hunter, passed away peacefully on July 1, 2017 surrounded by family at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. Maggie was born on September 2, 1939 in Manhattan, New York to the late Thomas Cassidy and Helena Cerussi Cassidy. She was the middle daughter of the “Cassidy Girls” and she loved her sisters dearly, Claire Cassidy Cowen of West Chester, PA and the late Barbara Cassidy Ross.

After receiving her degree from Cabrini College, Margaret married Kenneth Potter Hunter on July 1, 1961 in New York, New York. Margaret and Ken raised their four children in Cornwall, NY before retiring to Oak Island, NC. She leaves a legacy of love and strength to her children: Laura Hunter Dietz and husband David (Ipswich, MA); her son Tom Hunter (Minneapolis, MN); her daughter Elizabeth Hunter (Durham, NC); and her daughter Meg Hunter Crissman and husband John (Garner, NC). She is also survived by five grandchildren: Jessica Dolata, Patrick Hunter, Leine Dietz, Luke Crissman and Reaghan Crissman, and three great-grandchildren: Chloe, Olive, and Willa Dolata.

A teacher to her very core; she taught so many so well. We will honor her by passing on those lessons lovingly wrapped in her sharp wit, practicality, kindness, grace, and dignity. A visitation to honor her memory will be held in the Peacock - Newnam & White Funeral Home Chapel in Southport, NC on July 15th from 2 to 4pm. Her family will receive friends at their home afterwards. Online condolences may be made at peacocknewnamwhite.com.