Obituary

Johnstown, PA. Margaret A. Ross “Peggy,” 90, of Johnstown, PA passed away peacefully at The Presbyterian Home of Greater Johnstown , with her son Daniel and his wife Rita at her side on August 3, 2012. Margaret was a descendent of a pioneer Buffalo family. Her mother Marian was the daughter of William J. Horn and Margaret Ann McCarthy, who was the daughter of Jeremiah McCarthy and granddaughter of Cornelius McCarthy, one of the first settlers of Buffalo.

Born Margaret Ann Boysen in Buffalo, New York on April 7, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Albert H. and Marian C. (Horn) Boysen. She had an older brother, Robert Boysen.

On October 2, 1948 Margaret was married to John Kavany Ross, also of Buffalo, NY at St. Margaret’s Church on Hertel Avenue, Buffalo. They had four children, Kathleen, Daniel, Peter and Rosemary.

Margaret was raised in Buffalo, attending grade school at Public School 66 and graduating from the Buffalo Seminary in 1940. After high school, she attended the Herst Business School and the Albright-Knox Art School, excelling in both mathematics and art. Prior to her marriage in 1948, she worked in advertising at the Adam Eby Agency, Warder-Morris Interior Decorators, the Georgian Bay Line and the NYS Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences. Warder-Morris was next to the famous “Chez Ami” night club, where Margaret and her friends frequently gathered. While raising her children, Margaret did occasional freelance advertisement art.

Margaret’s greatest passions were her family and her friends. She enjoyed visiting Niagara Falls and vacationing in Fort Erie, Canada. In 1990 she relocated to Mt. Dora, Florida to care for her brother Robert. She made many friends in Mt. Dora who will remember her sense of humor and warm friendly conversation. She continued to do occasional artwork and write poems and articles which were published in the Mount Dora Topic.

Margaret is survived by her four children, Kathleen Ross, of Saratoga Springs, NY, Daniel and wife Rita of Johnstown, PA, Peter and wife Linda of Davie, Florida and Rosemary Bond, of Buffalo, NY; six grandchildren, Joshua Bond and wife Gayle of Columbus, Ohio, Christopher Ross of Washington DC, Amanda Ross, of State College PA, Michelle Murphy and husband, Kevin of Harrisburg, PA, Jeffrey Ross, Ft. Lauderdale, FLA and Michael Ross, Gainesville, FLA; and five great-grandchildren, Maya, Samantha and Harrison Bond, and Olivia and Finnegan Murphy.

Margaret will be remembered in a private memorial service for family only. Internment will follow in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Elmwood Ave, Kenmore, NY where her parents Albert and Marian and her brother Robert and wife Joan are buried.

Arrangements in care of the Hindman Funeral Homes and Crematory, Inc., 146 Chandler Ave., “Exclusive Provider of Veterans and Family Memorial Care.”

For those who wish to send condolences or contact the family, messages can be posted at www.HindmanFuneralHomes.com.