Margaret J. Dougherty, 89, died Sunday, November 18, 2007, in Clearwater, KS after a long illness. Margaret was born on December 20, 1917, to Raymond J. and Grace M. Dougherty. She was the second oldest of eleven children and raised on a farm northeast of Hinton, OK. After graduation from high school she attended Southwestern State College, Weatherford, OK and St. Anthony Hospital School of Nursing in Oklahoma City, OK. She entered the convent of the Sisters of St. Francis, Marysville, MO in 1937; became a registered nurse and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Catholic College, Guthrie, OK. Most of her nursing career was practiced at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK and St. Joseph Hospital in Southern Pines, NC. She graduated from St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO with a Masters degree in Hospital Administration and served as Administrator of St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK from 1961 - 1967. During this time she became a Fellow in the American College of Hospital Administrators and held several offices in local, state and national professional organizations. In 1967, she was elected to the Administrative Council of the Sisters of St. Francis of Marysville. In 1969, she chose to continue her profession as a lay person, during which time she served in hospital administrative positions in New Mexico and Kansas until she retired in 1979 and returned home to Hinton, OK to care for her ailing father.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Raymond J. and Grace M. Doughtery; brother, Jim Doughtery and sisters, Rudelle Buthod, Malene Mohns, Grace Newhouse and Mary Jacques.
She is survived by brothers Dr. Raymond Doughtery and Kelly Doughtery both of Oklahoma City, OK and Patrick Doughtery of Columbia, MO; sisters Helen York of Robertsdale, AL; Ruth Heatley of Mulvane, KS; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Rosary Services and viewing was at Hinton-Turner Funeral Home, 107 W. Park, Hinton, OK, Tuesday, November 20, 2007 with Reverend Mark Mason officiating. Burial was at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Hinton, OK under the direction of Hinton-Turner Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to [email protected].
Published in the Clovis News Journal and the Portales News-Tribune from 11/21/2007 - 11/22/2007.