Madelyn Theresa "Peg" (McCarthy) Mahoney

March 22, 1925 - January 16, 2021

Queensbury - Madelyn Theresa “Peg” (McCarthy) Mahoney, 95, of Queensbury, NY, passed away peacefully January 16, 2021 at her home in Queensbury, surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Raymond Francis Mahoney, who predeceased her in 2015. They were married for 65 years. Born March 22, 1925 in Glens Falls NY, Madelyn was the daughter of the late Francis McCarthy and the late M. Veronica (Callahan) McCarthy and the youngest of nine children. She was always a tomboy at the local playgrounds where she received her nickname “Peg” because Madelyn was too large a name for such a playful girl. Employed in her earlier years in a variety of jobs from helping in her brother’s butcher shop to sewing gloves at Clark’s Glove Factory, Peg was always busy with her hands sewing, crafting, painting, and sculpting. She worked with her husband helping to start Mahoney Alarms, answering the phone night and day. She also worked hard not only spoiling her children, but always welcoming all her children’s friends to her home at all times. She and Ray hosted the pre and post football game gatherings all season for the 1971 Glens Falls High School winning football team acting as the team seamstress to repair their “lucky” unwashed socks, among other needs. She also contributed to the many bake sales where she provided her famous fudge, even if the bake sales may have been just a ploy to provide her chocolate loving son with a locker stash. She was the perfect lifesaving Nana to not only her own grandchildren, but to any person who needed a hug at The Docksider Restaurant. A woman of faith, she was a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Glens Falls, NY where she was married on September 1, 1950. She leaves her loving children, Raymond F. Mahoney, Jr. and his wife, Janet (Reynolds) Mahoney, of Glens Falls, NY; Kevin J. Mahoney and his wife, Marianne (Morphis) Mahoney, of Queensbury, NY; Shawn M. Mahoney-Sweet and her husband, Christopher L. Sweet, of North Attleborough, MA; and Colleen Ann Mahoney McGuirk and her husband, Christopher R. McGuirk, of Glens Falls, NY. Madelyn was the adoring Nana to Shane Mahoney, Kaitlyn Mahoney, Maureen Mahoney, Kyle Mahoney, Drew Mahoney, Brendan Sweet, Griffin Sweet, Madelyn Sweet, Teagan Sweet, Ian McGuirk, and Connor McGuirk. She was also the proud great-grandmother of Landon Mahoney, Olivia Mahoney, and Rory Mahoney. She leaves many nieces and nephews and their families. She was comforted in her later life with the “Dream Team” who are Pamela Dowd, Colleen, Bennett, Terry Powers, Nancy Logan, and Alyssa Knapp. They were supported by Bill Knapp, Kera Bonomo, and Keralyn Moffitt, all of whom the family are extremely grateful to have had in her life. A Mass of Christian burial will be held for privately for Madelyn’s family. Burial will be in the spring at St. Mary’s Cemetery, South Glens Falls. As an expression of sympathy and in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Madelyn's memory to the Glens Falls Senior Center and St. Mary’s Church of Glens Falls.