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Portrait of Margaret Josephine Hurd
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Margaret Josephine Hurd

Maiden name- Johnson
July 19, 1946 – May 4, 2025
Lived 78 years
Sts. Cyril & Method Cemetery · Rotterdam, New York
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Margaret was born and raised in Schenectady to the late Bertrum and Mary Johnson on July 19, 1946. Margaret attended Schenectady Public Schools and graduated from Mont Pleasant Hight School in 1965. After graduation Margaret went on to become an LPN and worked at Ellis Hospital until she found her real calling working in a nursing home caring for elderly patients who she treated with the utmost compassion, she married the love of her life Bucky Hurd and together they raised two sons Andy and Tommy.

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1946
Born July 19
1947
Margaret was 1 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1958
Margaret was 12 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1964
Margaret was 18 when President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act
1977
Margaret was 31 when Elvis Presley died
1982
Margaret was 36 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1995
Margaret was 49 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2004
Margaret was 58 when Facebook was launched
2010
Margaret was 64 when Instagram was launched
2022
Margaret was 76 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2025
Passed away May 4, age 78
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