Information through O'Connell Funeral Home
Passed away: March 16, 2015
Visit: Thursday, March 19, from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. at O'Connell Funeral Home located at 30 Little Plains Road in Southampton.
Service: Friday, March 20, at 10:30 a.m. at the Parish Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton.
Donations: In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary “In Nomine Domini Fund”, 168 Hill Street, Southampton, NY 11968, or East End Hospice, PO Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978.
Obituary: Catherine Gilmartin Duggan died on Monday, March 16, in Southampton Hospital, surrounded by her family. Born June 4, 1941 in Southampton to David H and Mary R. Gilmartin. Dugan attended Sacred Heart of Mary Academy in Sag Harbor, graduating in 1959, then went on to study Sociology at Marymount College in Tarrytown. After graduating in 1963, she worked in human resources at NBC New York until 1967 and married William Duggan Jr. in August 1965. Duggan was a long-time parishioner at the Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton, a church administrator for 15 years, a Eucharistic minister for over 25 years and a religious education teacher for 6 years. She was a founding member of the Friends of the Rogers Memorial Library, a docent at the Parrish Art Museum, and a volunteer for community health seminars and fundraising events at Southampton Hospital. He was also a board member for 8 years at East End Hospice and a member of the Southampton Study Club for 35 years. Recently, Dugan was awarded the Gloria Gaines Memorial Award, the highest alumni honor, by Fordham University's Marymount College for exemplary service to the church, the community and the College. She enjoyed spending time with her husband, two children and twin grandchildren (affectionately known as “Chaos” and “Mayhem”). In her spare time she enjoyed golfing, cooking, baking, reading and traveling the world. Family members will remember her for her faith, passion for life, sense of humor, grace and most of all her devotion to her friends and family. She was predeceased by her sisters Ruth Gilmartin Darby and Mary Gilmartin Steinbrecher. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughter Ann G. Duggan, her son William H. Duggan III, Frances J. Orabona and her grandchildren Meredith and William. brother, David J. Gilmartin and wife Linda, Laura G. Masterson and wife William, Martin R. Gilmartin and wife Pamela; and 24 nieces and nephews.
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