Margery Casey Worked in Health Care Field

Margery (Gerathy) Casey, 78, of Vineyard Haven died peacefully at home on June 24, surrounded by her family. She resided in Bridgeport, Conn., for 50 years before moving to Martha's Vineyard in 1994.

Marge raised her own six children and was second mother to many others. She loved and was loved by children of all ages. For many years she volunteered at Bridgeport Healthcare, working with young adults who were faced with special mental or physical challenges.

Marge is survived by John, her husband of almost 59 years, and her children and their spouses, Janice Casey and her partner, Rita Brown, of Edgartown, John and Mary Ellen Casey of Vineyard Haven, Nancy and Tom Barlosky of Vineyard Haven, Patty and Howie Horvath of West Haven, Conn., Margie and Valdemar Pires of West Tisbury and Jerry and Melissa Casey of Shelton, Conn.

She was loved and cherished by her 16 grandchildren -- Erin, Ryan, Trevor, Leah, Cassandra, Ashley, Tyrone, Lauren, John, Jake, Carly, Valene, Emily, Riley, Nolan and Keegan.

She is also survived by her sister, Dorothy, and her brothers, Carroll, Don and George. She was predeceased by her brothers, Hank, Joe and Jerry.

Marge is happy to be Home, but she will be missed by all of us each and every day.

Funeral services will be held in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home, on Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs, on Tuesday, June 28, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven.

Visiting hours were held yesterday from 5 to 8 p.m. A celebration of her life will be held at the New Life Assembly on Hedgehog Road in Trumbull, Conn., on Thursday, June 30.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Hospice of Martha's Vineyard, P.O. Box 2549, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557.