Mary R. Gavaghan-Dawson, 77, of Main Street, Monongahela, died Monday, July 13, 1998, in Mon Valley Hospital. Mrs. Gavaghan-Dawson was a member of Church of Jesus Christ, Monongahela. She was retired from Mayview State Hospital after 17 years of service. On July 13, 1996, she married Wilfred C. Dawson, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Colleen Christy of Warren and Mary Jane Sutts of Finleyville; a son, James Gavaghan of Carroll Township; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; 13 stepgreat-grandchildren; a stepdaughter, Donna Moody of Fallowfield Township; and two sisters, Margaret Johnson and Dorothy Schaeffer, both of Monongahela. Deceased are her first husband, James P. Gavaghan, who died July 7, 1976; three brothers, Lloyd, Ralph and Ellis "Windy" Cowan; four sisters, Amanda Byers, Martha Belle Seighman, Ruth Kirschner and Harriett Byers; one granddaughter, Rebecca Gavaghan; and a grandson, Jeffery Charlton. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Wednesday, July 15, 1998Mary Gavaghan-Dawson
Member of Church of Jesus Christ, Monongahela
She was born February 24, 1921, in Carroll Township, a daughter of James C. and Martha Belle Baxter Cowan.