Anne Marie Mcgrath

Anne Marie McGrath

Anne Marie Howe McGrath, a resident of Killington, VT, died Wednesday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Anne was 74 years old. She was born on January 14th, 1942 the daughter of Anne and Thomas Howe in Philadelphia, PA. She spent her early years in Springfield, NJ and graduated from Jonathan Dayton High School Class of 1960. In 1962, she married John Michael McGrath and moved to Berkeley Heights, NJ. After marriage, she worked a variety of jobs to help support her family. She worked as a teacher's aide and school crossing guard. She also worked as an executive secretary for the township of Berkeley Heights and later for the township of New Providence, NJ. Anne was an active member of the Berkeley Heights Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

In 1990, Anne and her husband John retired and moved to Killington, VT. She loved to ski with John and her friends at the six mountains of Killington during the winter months. During the summer she played tennis and rode her motorcycle around Vermont's country roads. She loved to read and visited the Killington Sherburne Library throughout the year.

She is survived by her loving husband John, her three sons, John Thomas McGrath of Berkeley Heights, NJ; Michael Joseph McGrath of Lawrenceville, Georgia; and Kevin Sean McGrath of South Charleston, WV; and five grandchildren. Anne will also be sorely missed by Opie, her Jack Russell Terrier.

Visitation hours will be Friday from 4 to 7 PM July 29, 2016 at Clifford's Funeral Home, in Rutland, VT.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday July 30, at 2:00pm at Clifford Funeral Home with burial to follow at Riverside Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Killington Sherburne Library or Killington Fire and Rescue.