Peggy’s house was Giants central for road games with plenty of good food and libations. Sundays in the fall were totally focused on the NY Football Giants. She rooted for the Yankees and often talked of watching Don Larson’s perfect game. Patrick’s Day Parade committee and the Giblin Assn. She was a member of many Irish organizations including the Newark St. Patrick’s Day was always a special occasion as both her husband and son were honored as grand marshals of the Newark Parade. Her thanksgiving and Christmas dinner tables were major undertakings, serving as many as 35 at the most recent occasion. Vincent’s rosary altar society and the Madison senior citizens. She enjoyed her summers in Bay Head watching the family grow. Peggy loved to travel with her family and took several trips to Ireland, France, and Bermuda. Peg returned to work after becoming an empty nester as an administrative assistant at Drew University in 1975. It was a difficult time for her, but she showed her usual grit and determination by becoming the very best Grammas ever to her 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She was very supportive of Joe’s career with Local 68 of the Operating Engineers over her 39 years of loving marriage. Her moral direction and encouragement of her children was unwavering. There was always plenty of great food on the table as well as advice, guidance and counsel. Peggy began working in 1949 at Bell Telephone in Newark, but when the first of five children arrived, she became a stay at home mother. Surrounded by many Irish families with names like Giblin, Cryan, Lenihan, and Brady to name a few, the Farrells were active in the community and Sacred Heart Parish. Ann’s Church on Septemand settled in the Vailsburg section of Newark. From then on, there was no one other in her life. He had to ride his bike home to get a nickel from his mother to cover the check. Her first date was at an ice cream parlor which Joe assumed was Dutch treat.

First, she began an intense devotion to the Blessed Mother and also met a 15-year-old from Seton Hall Prep named Joseph Farrell.

It was during her high school days at Our Lady of the Valley in Orange that two significant events occurred. She often told of her memories of Pearl Harbor day and the war years. A depression era child, her parents Oscar and Margaret (nee Dooley) Guensch settled in Newark, NJ, where she attended St. An historically significant day in that was the day the Lindbergh Baby was kidnapped. Peggy was the model for all mothers and grandmothers and met God with the same strength and faith that was the standard of her days on earth. Margaret “Peggy” Farrell, a longtime Madison resident, passed away on Maafter living an incredibly rewarding, loving life.

Faith House by Patricia Farrell