Maureen Maccarthy

Maureen Dobbin MacCarthy, 79, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. Maureen was born into a large Irish-Catholic family on February 22, 1937 in St. John's Newfoundland and graduated from St. Clare's School of Nursing in 1958. She met her future husband Dr. Justin MacCarthy in Newfoundland, and they were married on February 11, 1963. They moved to Glasgow, Kentucky soon after. It is there Maureen called home, where she raised their four daughters and lived a full and happy life for 46 years, until Justin's passing. Maureen then made her home in Atlantic Beach, Florida where she made many new and dear friends. These friends, old and new, along with her family grieve for her now. She is survived by four daughters, Maire Blankenship (Ray), Deirdre MacCarthy, Una MacCarthy (Reid Freeman), Mairead Baker (Red), grandchildren, Nate, Emily, Allie, Grace, Hart, Katharine, Justin, George, MacCarthy, Maeve, Brynn, brothers Basil Dobbin (Jena), Dermot Dobbin (Ethel), Barney Dobbin (Elizabeth Greene), sisters Marian Tucker (Walter), Rita Dodge (Ed), Margo Stinson (Bill), sisters-in-law Bette Dobbin, Penney Dobbin, Chrissy MacCarthy, and Moira MacCarthy as well as many nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Helen's Catholic Church on Saturday, February 27 at 11:00 AM with a private family burial to follow. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Paddy and Rita Dobbin (Maureen's parents) Scholarship Fund c/o Daniel Hayward, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's NL Canada A1B 3X5 or online https://www3.mun.ca/alumni/giving.p001 Arrangements are under the direction of the A. F. Crow & Son Funeral Home.