Margaret (Peggy) Murphy

Peggy was the beloved daughter of the late Francis and Margaret Meredith (nee McCluskey). Born on June 7, 1940, in New York City, it is only fitting that we celebrate her life on her birthday, June 7, 2024.

Always ready for an adventure, Peggy met the love of her life, Timothy J Murphy, Jr. on a blind date at a jazz club in Manhattan. They danced the night away and into a happy future together. Peg and Tim were married on Sept. 8, 1962, at Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church in Park Ridge, NJ. Peggy and Tim were the proud and loving parents to Timothy, Mary, Kathleen and Kevin. After a long illness, Tim died on May 3, 1986.

On May 26, 1990, in Lake Placid, Peggy married Donald Malone. Tim and Don were work buddies. As widowers a surprising love story emerged between Peg and Don. Peggy loved life from her home overlooking Lake Placid. Her family visited frequently with everyone enjoying time with Nana and Pop Pop and many Adirondack adventures.

The best years of Peggy’s life were spent as Nana to her grandchildren Keira, Benjamin (Abigail), Taylor (Evan), Stephanie (Guido), Timothy, Eric, Margaret, Madailein, Abigail, Patrick, Caroline and Aileen and great-grandchildren Eloise, Sloane and Lucy. Nana loved every moment with her “grands” and especially enjoyed one on one time with them — without their parents. Nana was famous for her pancakes and her “grands” all learned to flip pancakes, standing on the stool next to her at her kitchen counter.

Peggy lived life to the fullest and her home was full of love. We snuggled up for bedtime stories, swam for hours in the pool, and had the merriest of Christmas mornings. Peggy had long-lasting friendships with the Flatbush Friends and the Monday Lunch Club, fondly called the Golden Girls at the local diner. Her life was enriched by the Gourmet Club, the Irish Mafia Trivia Team and the extraordinary bridge players.

For a woman that traveled the world, Peggy thought there was no more beautiful place to be than in the Adirondacks. Peg and Don loved floating around Lower Saranac Lake on their pontoon boat and shared the experience whenever they could.

Peggy was predeceased by her parents Frank and Marge Meredith, her husbands, Timothy Murphy and Donald Malone, cherished aunts and uncles, and her best friend and sister Kathleen Meredith Rattazzi.

Peggy is survived by her children Timothy J. Murphy, Jr. and his wife Corinne (Smithtown), Mary Murphy Alex and her husband Steve (Paul Smiths), Kathleen Murphy and her partner Frank (Lake Placid) and Kevin Murphy and his wife Erin (Troy), her 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, sister Mary Birkmeyer and husband Arthur (Longview, Washington), brother Francis Meredith and his wife Linda (Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey), aunt Joan McCluskey, nieces Diana Rattazzi and Meredith, Kimberly, Elizabeth and Theresa Birkmeyer, nephews Richard Rattazzi and Michael Birkmeyer, cousins Dennis Flannery, Roberta Flannery, Michael and Francis McCluskey and Maureen McCluskey Jennings, extended family members and dear friends William and Maureen Pritchett.

A funeral Mass and Celebration of Life will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 7, 2024 at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church, Lake Placid. Memorial donations may be sent to High Peaks Hospice, 1247 Dix Ave., Hudson Falls, NY 12839.

The M. B. Clark, Inc., Funeral Home in Lake Placid is in charge of arrangements. Please visit www.mbclarkfuneralhome.com to share a memory, upload a photograph or leave condolences to be included in the online memory book for the family to cherish.