Marjorie A. Curran

Marjorie Ann (White) (Peele) Curran passed on Saturday June 19, surrounded by family at the Pat Roche Hospice House. Margie was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend.

Born to Lawrence Vincent White and Marjorie Foley White on August 7, 1942. She grew up in Norwood, MA and attended Norwood Public Schools and the Henry O Peabody School where she made many lifelong friends who would see her overcome many challenges in her life.

Margie was the mother of Maribeth Hibbard (Richard) of Plymouth, MA, Laurie Allard (John Thistle) of North Attleboro, MA and was predeceased by her daughter Kimberly LaVange (Mark) of Norwood, MA. Margie was the sister of Eleanor Waal (Jeffrey) of Cohasset, MA and the sister of Debra White of Franklin, MA. She was the grandmother of Jonathan Hibbard, Amanda Ethier, Kaitlin Hibbard, Marissa Peele, Jill LaVange, David LaVange, Rebecca LaVange, Kayla Allard and Emily Allard and great-grandmother of Adelynn St. Peter, Ava St. Peter and Esme Ethier.

She married John Wesley Peele in 1965 and together they raised three beautiful daughters, Maribeth, Kimberly and Laurie Peele. Sadly, John died suddenly at a very young age and left Margie to raise the girls by herself. Many people would have been crippled by this challenge, but Margie quickly went to work part time and devoted herself to supporting her daughters emotionally and financially. Margie was surrounded by people who loved her - and everyone did love her.

Margie loved people and loved spending time with friends and family. Her heart was as big as the world. She was always ready to host a party and to celebrate milestones in her friends and family’s lives. She would be the first person to reach out to someone in need. She cherished her friendships and nurtured them over the years. She taught her daughters the importance of taking care of people and they continue to carry on her example. To Margie, there were no strangers, only friends she had not yet met.

Many years after the death of her first husband, Margie reconnected with a friend from high school. Michael Curran and Margie were an example of a beautiful love discovered late in life. They cherished their time together and Michael loved “his Margie, The Awesome One” and loved Margie’s family as his own. Theirs was a beautiful love story.

Most of her career was spent at Emerson Swan, working as the Secretary to the president. In recent years Margie enjoyed many activities and friends at the Senior Center in Norwood, as well as volunteering at the Women’s Community Center. She spent the last few months of her life at Benchmark Assisted Living, where again, because of her outgoing personality she enjoyed the activities and camaraderie of new friends.

Margie will be waked at Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole Street, Norwood, MA, Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 5-8 pm and a Funeral Mass at St Catherines of Siena Parish, Norwood, on Friday June 25, 2021 at 11am. Interment will be at Highland Cemetery, Norwood.