Margaret E. Hurley
Our beloved mother, Margaret E. Hurley, passed away in Tacoma on August 29, 2015, just twelve days short of her 106th birthday. For the past eleven years, she has lived in the Franke Tobey Jones retirement community in Tacoma. Most of her life was spent in Spokane, where she married Joseph E. Hurley, raised a family of four children, taught grade school and represented the 3rd district for 31 years in the Washington State House and Senate. As a mother, she instilled in her children the value of getting the best possible education. In the legislature, she was known as a fiscal conservative and an advocate for the working class. In later life, she took up painting and produced hundreds of beautiful water-colors.
Maggie is survived by three children, Patrick, (Linda), John (Mary Jo) and Mary, seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Tacoma on October 1st at 11:00 AM. Graveside services will be at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Spokane on October 3rd at 1:00 PM. Maggie's gravestone will read: "Maggie loved life and she lived it to the fullest." For a more complete obituary, see www.gaffneyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/margaret-e-hurley/2218/.