MARGARET M. LYNCH (nee Gibbons), age 91, beloved wife of the late Thomas M.; dear mother of Margaret, Kathleen (John Blaney), Eileen (deceased), Timothy (Pamela Shimrak), Thomas (deceased), Mary (Paul Jarrell), and Patricia; proud grandmother of Grace Kenney, Claire Kenney, Rachel Kenney, Anne Blaney (Daniel Stiglitz), Neil Blaney, Cara Moore (Andrew), James Lynch, Rose Lynch, Michael Jarrell, Colette Jarrell, and the late Eagan Jarrell; great-grandmother of Tegan Stiglitz and Darcy and Rory Moore; daughter of the late Thomas M. and Delia McDonnell Gibbons; beloved sister of Patricia Monroe (William, deceased), Eileen Bosic (Ed), Jean O'Donnell (Jack), Thomas Gibbons (deceased) (Kathleen), William Gibbons (Christine) and John Gibbons (Christine); sister-in-law of Maureen Gallagher (deceased)(Berry; Miller; Gallagher, deceased), Michael Joseph Lynch (Bonnie), Dennis Lynch (Mary Kay) and; aunt, great-aunt, cousin and dear friend of many.  Passed away surrounded by her loving family September 6, 2021, at Holy Family Hospice.  Funeral Mass Saturday, September 18, Our Lady of Angels Church (3644 Rocky River Dr., Cleveland) at 11:30 A.M.  (Mass will be livestreamed on Chambers Funeral Homes Facebook page--see link below.) Friends may call at CHAMBERS FUNERAL HOME of CLEVELAND, 4420 ROCKY RIVER DR. AT PURITAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 5-7 P.M.  The Lynch Family respectfully requests that facemasks be worn.  Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Augustine Health Ministries, 7801 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH  44102 or Irish American Archives Society, P.O. Box 91756, Cleveland, OH 44101-3756.

Margaret was born Margaret Gibbons on January 23, 1930, the oldest of seven children. She and her family were long-time parishioners of St. Joseph (Collinwood), where the Gibbons family lived for many years on E. 145th Street. Her parents, Thomas and Delia McDonnell Gibbons, were both Irish immigrants from County Mayo, and her father attained the rank of police sergeant.  Margaret attended Ursuline Sacred Heart Academy, graduating from high school in 1948. After graduation, she worked as secretary to the President of The Clark Controller Company, took night classes at then-Fenn College, and participated in an amateur theatrical group at St. John Cathedral.  She married her husband Thomas M. Lynch on July 14, 1951.   Their family would grow to include seven children, eleven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

At the urging of her mother-in-law, Beatrice Lynch, Margaret joined the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in 1963.  She served in a variety of leadership positions at the chapter, division and county levels. A life member, she was a mentor and friend to many current LAOH members.  In the mid-1960s, she helped to form a mission support group, the Elizabeth Seton Society.

In 1972, she became involved in another newly formed support group, The Coterie of St.  Augustine Manor, now St. Augustine Health Ministries.  First elected in 1990, she served as Coterie President for more than twenty years.  Through its annual Christmas fair and its Top of the Tower benefit, the Coterie raised substantial funds to benefit the mission of serving senior adults.  As President of the Coterie, she also served as a member, and subsequently life member, of the Board of St.  Augustine Manor and as a Board Member of the Catholic Charities Service Corporation.

She lived a life of faith, family, and Irish heritage in Our Lady of Angels parish on Cleveland's west side from 1969 until the time of her death.

The Funeral Mass will be livestreamed on the Chambers Funeral Homes Facebook page (link to our Facebook page below):

https://www.facebook.com/Chambers-Funeral-Homes-1560347080741913