Margaret “Mary St. Patrick” Nally (1931-2020)

Sister Margaret (Mary St. Patrick) Nally, SNDdeN, went home to her good God on October 10, 2020.

Born in Milton, Mass., the daughter of the late Patrick J. and Mary A. (Walsh) Nally, she was the sister of the late Mary Conway, Helena Nally, Thomas Nally and Rosemarie Nally, and survived by her sister, Patricia Tangney of Needham, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, extended family and the community of the Sisters of Notre Dame.

Sister Margaret entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur on August 4, 1948. She attended Emmanuel College, Salem State and the Archdiocese of Boston, earning degrees in English, Elementary Education and Religion. She taught in several Notre Dame Schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, her latest mission at St. Jude in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Sister Margaret spent her last years at the St. Julie Billiart Residential Care in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Updated in 2026.