IN LOVING MEMORY OF
George P.
Mcmahon
May 25, 1917 – September 10, 2008
Obituary
Waterbury- Mr. George P. McMahon, 91, affectionately known as "Scottie" to his friends and co-workers, died Wednesday evening, September 10 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was the husband of Nora (Gardley) McMahon.
Mr. McMahon was born May 25, 1917 in Edinburgh, Scotland son of the late William and Maitland (Baldie) McMahon. Mr. McMahon was a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force during WWII, serving as a bombardier and navigator in the two man crew, flying a DeHaviland Mosquito. His missions ranged from the hunt for the German Battleship Bismark through the African campaign.
Mr. McMahon emigrated to Canada and then to America, with his wife Nora and their oldest son John, settling in Waterbury. He had worked as a master carpenter, including a time as a supervisor on the construction of the I-84 mixmaster in Waterbury. He then worked for the Colonial Bank and Trust / Bank of Boston as a carpenter for more than two decades before his retirement. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church and the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. During that time he was a member of the Nocturnal Adoration Society and part of a group that ran the fair at LaSallete Seminary in Cheshire. Over the years Mr. McMahon donated his time and skills designing and building new altars for various church's throughout the State when Vatican II changed the mass from Latin to English and the Celebrant facing the parish.
In addition to his wife he is survived two sons, John J. McMahon and his wife Margaret Nolan of Keene, NH and George Michael McMahon and his wife Nancy Owens of Thomaston; one daughter, Mary C. Mcmahon-Hallock and her husband Todd Hallock of Thomaston; eight grandchildren, Sheila McMahon, Megan McMahon Hall and her husband Christopher, Bridget McMahon, Kathleen McMahon Brown and her husband Frankiln, Ashley R. McMahon, James I. McMahon, Michaela E. N. McMahon and Patrick J. McMahon and one great granddaughter, Grace Elizabeth Hall
Arrangements: Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, September 13 at 10:00 A.M. at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, West Main St. Waterbury. Entombment will follow in Calvary Garden Mausoleum. There are no calling hours. Arrangements are in the care of the Bergin Funeral Home 290 East Main St. For more information or to send an online condolence please visit www.berginfuneralhome.com
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph's Indian School, Special Gift Department P.O. Box 100 Chamberlin, SD 57325.
Mr. McMahon was born May 25, 1917 in Edinburgh, Scotland son of the late William and Maitland (Baldie) McMahon. Mr. McMahon was a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force during WWII, serving as a bombardier and navigator in the two man crew, flying a DeHaviland Mosquito. His missions ranged from the hunt for the German Battleship Bismark through the African campaign.
Mr. McMahon emigrated to Canada and then to America, with his wife Nora and their oldest son John, settling in Waterbury. He had worked as a master carpenter, including a time as a supervisor on the construction of the I-84 mixmaster in Waterbury. He then worked for the Colonial Bank and Trust / Bank of Boston as a carpenter for more than two decades before his retirement. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church and the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. During that time he was a member of the Nocturnal Adoration Society and part of a group that ran the fair at LaSallete Seminary in Cheshire. Over the years Mr. McMahon donated his time and skills designing and building new altars for various church's throughout the State when Vatican II changed the mass from Latin to English and the Celebrant facing the parish.
In addition to his wife he is survived two sons, John J. McMahon and his wife Margaret Nolan of Keene, NH and George Michael McMahon and his wife Nancy Owens of Thomaston; one daughter, Mary C. Mcmahon-Hallock and her husband Todd Hallock of Thomaston; eight grandchildren, Sheila McMahon, Megan McMahon Hall and her husband Christopher, Bridget McMahon, Kathleen McMahon Brown and her husband Frankiln, Ashley R. McMahon, James I. McMahon, Michaela E. N. McMahon and Patrick J. McMahon and one great granddaughter, Grace Elizabeth Hall
Arrangements: Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, September 13 at 10:00 A.M. at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, West Main St. Waterbury. Entombment will follow in Calvary Garden Mausoleum. There are no calling hours. Arrangements are in the care of the Bergin Funeral Home 290 East Main St. For more information or to send an online condolence please visit www.berginfuneralhome.com
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph's Indian School, Special Gift Department P.O. Box 100 Chamberlin, SD 57325.
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