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Margaret Attridge

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Margaret Attridge, wife of Deacon James Attridge and mother of the late Msgr. Terence Attridge, died Feb. 16 in Bradenton, Fla. She was 93.

Msgr. Attridge was pastor of Sacred Heart in Dobbs Ferry in 2000 when he died at age 61 of cancer. He also was founder of the DARE substance abuse rehabilitation and education program in the archdiocese.

Along with her husband, Mrs. Attridge is survived by her daughter, Patricia Bessette.

She was a longtime parishioner of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish in Manhattan, where she served as a lector and president of the Sacred Heart Society. She was a member of the Ladies of Charity and a Columbiette, and she volunteered for many years at St. Nicholas of Tolentine School in the Bronx. Her husband served as deacon at St. James the Apostle parish in Carmel.

A Memorial Mass was offered March 21 at Our Lady of Peace Chapel at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, where her remains are interred.

Margaret Attridge