Obituary of Mary Frances Purple

Mary Frances McMahon Purple, 87, of Port Dickinson, died Thursday morning, November 23, 2000, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband Hadley J. Purple; a son, Thomas F. Purple; mother and father, Margaret and Frank McMahon; her sisters Ann Sullivan, Elizabeth Madigan, Patricia Farrell; her brothers Robert McMahon, James McMahon, William McMahon. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Judith and Daniel Harrick, Port Dickinson; her grandchildren, Matthew T. Harrick, Amanda C. Harrick; Megan E. Harrick; sisters-in-law, Salome Purple, Syracuse, Margaret Guy, Greene; several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was a member of St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Hillcrest, and retired from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. A Funeral Mass will be offered at St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Hillcrest, Monday at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City. The family will receive friends at the J. A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main St., Binghamton, Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mary may be made to Meals on Wheels, c/o Office for Aging, Governmental Plaza, Binghamton, N.Y. 13901.