John Thomas McDonagh

A native of Edgeworth, PA, Mr. McDonagh was the son of the late Anne Veronica Keaney McDonagh and John Joseph McDonagh.

A graduate of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. McDonagh was a lieutenant with the ROTC, served in the US Army during World War II and also in the US Air Force with the 112th Fighter Squadron in Pittsburgh, PA. He was a member of the American Legion and was retired from Westinghouse Electric Corporation following thirty years of service.

Mr. McDonagh was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and St. Barnabas Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, Edith A. McDonagh; a daughter, Casey Braddox and her husband, Bob, of Chattanooga, TN; four sons, Jack McDonagh and his wife, Meredith and daughter, Kathleen of Charlotte; Patrick McDonagh of Arden; Matthew McDonagh of Arden; and Barry McDonagh and his wife, Myra and son, Baron and two daughters, Casie and Haley of Arden; one sister, Grace Gebhard of Olympia, WA; a niece, Judith Smith of Olympia, WA and a nephew, Albert Gebhard of Denver, CO.

A Mass of Christian burial will be said at St. Barnabas Catholic Church on Sunday at 2:00 PM with Father Roger Arnsparger officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Episcopal Churchyard.

The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:30 PM on Saturday at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road. A rosary will be said at 6:00 PM prior to the visitation.

Memorials may be made to St. Barnabas Catholic Church, P.O. Box 38, Arden, NC 28704 or to the American Red Cross, Greater Carolinas Chapter, P.O. Box 36507, Charlotte, NC 28236.