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Margaret Donovan 1932 - 2020

Margaret (Serravillo) Donovan of Manchester, Connecticut United States was born on February 7, 1932 in New York, NY. Margaret was baptized in February 1932 in New York. Margaret Donovan died at age 88 years old on August 23, 2020 in Manchester, CT.

Margaret (Serravillo) Donovan

Manchester, Connecticut United States

February 7, 1932

New York, New York, United States

August 23, 2020

Manchester, Connecticut, United States

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Introduction

Margaret Donovan was an active and often outgoing person. She was fairly intelligent but had a character flaw-she made a very bad choice in whom to marry and was foolishly devoted to the loser.
02/7

1932

Birthday

February 7, 1932

Birthdate

New York, New York United States

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

She was of Italian or Sicilian descent.
Nationality & Locations

Born in NYC, Margaret moved to West Hartford, CT after her marriage in 1954. In July 1957, she and her family moved to Manchester CT which remained her home until her death in 2020.
Early Life & Education

Margaret finished high school in 1950.
02/dd

1932

Baptism

February 1932
Baptism date
New York, New York United States
Place of worship
Religious Beliefs

Margaret was from a catholic milieu and was quite religious down to about the early '70s. After abandoning the faith for a decade or so she rejoined the church and, among other things, sang in the choir.
Military Service

No.
Professional Career

Margaret's husband was not a good provider so she had to work to support her 6 kids. She was employed for a time by the Travelers Insurance company and then worked as a blood bank technician at Hartford hospital. She retired around the early 2000s.
Personal Life & Family

She married c March 1954, raised six kids (not very competently), was in the catholic church and liked to travel. In her last years she visited Paris and Italy etc.
08/23

2020

Death

August 23, 2020

Death date

Congestive heart failure.

Cause of death

Manchester, Connecticut United States
Death location

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Margaret Donovan lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.

The average age of a Serravillo family member is 82.

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Tim Donovan

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07/13/2022

Margaret always prioritized her husband, even if it meant endangering the health and well-being of her kids. She often fed cheap, nutritionally worthless junk to her kids so she could afford to give her husband costly steak, salad etc…Whenever someone pointed out how lousy her husband was, and refuted her foolish defense of him, Margaret would get upset and say "Why don't I just leave??!!" or "I'll just leave altogether." Translation: all that mattered was her husband. If he was no good there was no point in staying at all--not even for the sake of her kids...

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Tim Donovan

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07/06/2022

Margaret's worst failing was an inability to learn from experience. Married to a dirt poor man for 34 years, she lived a very hard life, full of toil and sacrifice, about which she complained bitterly. It never occurred to her that the mess she was in stemmed from her own foolish choices. The obvious lesson of her experience was to be very practical when choosing a life partner. After her husband died, she had a golden opportunity to live a much easier and rewarding life. A well-to-do man named Marshall wanted Margaret, but she blew her chance….
Unlike her late husband, who didn't really care about his wife, just his newspaper and booze, Marshall loved Margaret. He sent her flowers, which her husband never did. Yet Margaret disparaged Marshall. She rejected him for trivial reasons like his short stature. By the time someone reaches 60 he or she should have the wisdom to understand what is really important. Yet even at age 62, Margaret acted like a 16 year old girl. Three decades of grinding poverty had taught her nothing at all…..
In the summer of 1994 one of Margaret's sons tried to talk sense into her. He pointed out that even if she didn't like Marshall he would soon die, and she should marry him to inherit his estate while there was still time. Of course Margaret rejected this advice. Early in 1995 Marshall died and the opportunity was lost…Essentially Margaret threw a million dollars down the drain… As a son wrote to a penpal, half of the monkeys in the Bronx Zoo had better brains than she did.

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Tim Donovan

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07/06/2022

Fast forward to 1986. Margaret read books on how to make money in real estate. She proposed a plan to her husband Timothy, who turned it down. Margaret argued quite rationally in favor of her plan, to no avail. What she didn't seem to understand was that her husband's veto didn't stem from economic considerations. The problem was psychological. Completely dominated all his life, by his father, his officers and employer, Timothy had become mentally ill. He compensated for his lack of power and control by dominating his kids and-- when they were beyond his control--his wife. His "no!" response was essentially just to show "I'm the boss around here!"
Margaret's reaction to this was worse than foolish. Angry about her lost opportunity yet still devoted to her worthless husband, she took out her anger on a disabled son--somebody at the bottom of the totem pole, who couldn't fight back…."Nobody cares about me!!" the imbecile screamed at the top of her lungs.

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Tim Donovan

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07/06/2022

For many years Margaret did anything, no matter how silly, to preserve her marriage. In 1974 her husband was incensed by the pardon of Nixon. Despite being uninformed and uninterested, Margaret said things in support of her husband's rant. Then, when he demanded a letter be written to oppose the pardon, Margaret tried to delegate the task to a son. He didn't do it so she was soon sitting at the kitchen table with pen and paper, trying to think of something to say…She didn't really care about this...The result had to have been the most half-hearted missive ever to cross an editor's desk. Of course it wasn't published and her excuse was that the paper had gotten so many letters on the subject they couldn't publish hers...

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Tim Donovan

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07/05/2022

Margaret had a modicum of brains and might've gotten far had she used them. Unfortunately, Margaret was bedeviled by a character flaw. She was blinded to reality by love. Deeply devoted to a man who was really an awful liability, she was willing to sacrifice everything to maintain her relationship with him.
In Ancient Greece and Rome, a young woman was not allowed to marry whoever she wanted. She had to marry someone selected by her parents. Considering that girls and young women often lack the wisdom and experience to make intelligent choices, the ancient way was probably the best. The example of Margaret provides strong evidence in favor of it...

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Serravillo, Mary (Jul 2, 1906 - May 27, 1999) Serravillo, Angelo (Sep 18, 1893 - Jul 1975) Serravillo, Charles (Mar 8, 1908 - Apr 10, 1999) Serravillo, Salvatore (May 4, 1888 - Feb 1975) Serravillo-G, Salvatore (Jun 10, 1915 - Aug 12, 1998) Serravillo, Millie (Aug 17, 1927 - Jan 31, 2000) Serravillo, Angelina (Dec 26, 1902 - Aug 1971) Serravillo, Patsy (May 28, 1903 - Feb 7, 1981) Serravillo, Sam (Aug 17, 1876 - Dec 1975) Serravillo, Frank (Sep 9, 1906 - Dec 13, 1998)

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Margaret Donovan 1932 - 2020

Margaret (Serravillo) Donovan's History: 1932 - 2020

Introduction

Birthday

Ethnicity & Family History

Nationality & Locations

Early Life & Education

Baptism

Religious Beliefs

Military Service

Professional Career

Personal Life & Family

Death

5 Memories, Stories & Photos about Margaret

Margaret Serravillo's Family Tree & Friends

Margaret Serravillo's Family Tree

Margaret's Friends

Other Serravillo Family Biographies