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Mildred Catherine Madagan

1914 - 2005

BORN

1914

DIED

2005

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Winchester, Virginia

Mildred Madagan Obituary

Mildred Catherine Madagan, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, 91, of Winchester, Virginia, died Sunday, November 27, 2005 in a local nursing home.

Mrs. Madagan was born, August 31, 1914, in Concord, West Virginia the daughter of the late Reverend Cartney H. and Lillie Good Anderson. She was a homemaker and seasonal worker for National Fruit. Mrs. Madagan was a member of First United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia, and a life member of the Golden Link Sunday School Class.

Her husband, Harold “Fred” Madagan, Sr., whom she married on September 30, 1933 in Hagerstown, Maryland, preceded her in death on April 15, 1992.

Surviving are her children, Betty K. Orndoff and her husband Edwin P. Orndoff, Harold F. “Doc” Madagan, Jr., and his wife Carol Ann Reed Madagan, all of Winchester, Virginia, and Nancy Madagan Butler of Fairfax, Virginia; six grandchildren, Stacey Madagan Umbenour and her husband Terry, Edwina K Orndoff, Amy Madagan Haines and her husband Frank, Harry William Butler IV and his wife Sarah, Harold Frederick “Hal” Madagan III and his wife Josie, and Morgan Wyatt Butler; seven great grandchildren, Charles Frederick “Chaz” Shull, Taylor Ann Reed Shull, Harold F. “Howie” Madagan IV, Gavin Parker Haines, Haden Mathew Madagan, Grayson Reed Haines, and Harrison Joseph Madagan. One brother Murrell Anderson preceded her in death.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Thursday, at First United Methodist Church, Winchester, Virginia with Reverend Steve Melester, Reverend William Withers and Reverend Debbie Powell officiating. Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia.

Pallbearers will be Harry W. “Brett” Butler IV, Harold F. “Hal” Madagan III, Morgan W. Butler, Charles F. “Chaz” Shull, Frank R. Haines, Randolph Scott Shull, Harry W. “Spunky” Butler II, and Edwin P. Orndoff.

The family will receive friends at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, Wednesday evening from 7:00-9:00 PM.

Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 308 North Braddock Street, Winchester, Virginia, 22601.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Nov. 29, 2005.

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JAMES & SUE ALBIN SPITLER

November 30, 2005

SINCERE SYMPATHY TO BETTY, HAROLD, AND NANCY AND FAMILIES ON THE LOSS OF MRS. MADAGAN. I KNEW HER AS A CHRISTIAN LADY AS A FELLOW MEMBER OF THE FORMER E.U.B. CHURCH, NOW THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN THE 3RD AND 4TH GRADES AT HANDLEY (YES, HANDLEY HAD THOSE GRADES IN THE 1940'S) AND SHE DROVE US FROM NORTH BRADDOCK TO HANDLEY IN HER CAR, A KAISER-FRAISER. SHE WAS ALWAYS SO KIND. MAY GOD BLESS AND COMFORT YOU.

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