DOROTHY (O'REARDON) McGIVERN

May 20, 1931 - September 10, 2020

Dorothy (O’Reardon) McGivern, age 89, of Jamesville, passed away peacefully Thursday September 10th at The Nottingham. She was born in Brooklyn to the late Daniel and Florence (Grose) O’Reardon in 1931. She graduated from the Katherine Gibbs Business School in New York and was a secretary at Niagara Mohawk before raising a family. She married Donald McGivern in 1957. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church, where she served in pro-life and bereavement ministries and was a hospice volunteer at Francis House. Dorothy was predeceased by her husband Donald in 2007 and by her brother, Daniel O’Reardon. She is survived by her two daughters, Maureen (Andrew) Silfer, of Mechanicville and Eileen (Randall) McGivern, of Marcellus, her son, Michael McGivern, of Camillus, six grandchildren, Nathan, Michelle, Kathleen, Elise, Gina and Joseph, and four great-grandchildren, Jackson, Thomas, Remy and Violet. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 am Wednesday September 16th at Holy Family Church, Fairmount followed by internment in St. Mary’s Cemetery, DeWitt. Facial coverings are required and NYS guidelines on gatherings will be observed. BAGOZZI TWINS FUNERAL HOME has care of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Francis House, 108 Michaels Ave, Syracuse, NY 13208. Please share online tributes and memories at www.bagozzitwins.com.