Margaret M. (MacDonald) McInerney, 88, of Scituate and Duxbury died Feb 10.  She was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, one of 15 children of the late Stephen and Veronica (Campbell) MacDonald of North Lake. After high school, she ventured to Montreal, Washington, D.C. and Boston. She was employed at Lever Brothers in Cambridge where she met her future husband, “Jack.” Her mother had died unexpectedly at age 47 and their romance was put on hold while she returned home to help her father raise her many young brothers. After marriage, they started their family in Roslindale, later moving to Scituate and eventually Cohasset and Duxbury. In addition to being a homemaker, Mrs. McInerney was a hostess and bookkeeper at the family restaurant and a volunteer at the Duxbury Senior Center and in child care. She was a devout Catholic, a daily communicant and lay assistant for years at Holy Family Parish of Duxbury.

Mrs. McInerney was the wife of the late John T. McInerney and was predeceased by her sisters Annie MacIntire, Gertie Peters and Amelia Mallard, and brothers William and Kenny MacDonald. She leaves her sons, Walter McInerney and his fiancée Andrea Bernasconi of Scituate, Gerald McInerney and his companion Jennifer Gallagher of Brighton, Lawrence McInerney and his wife Eileen of Scituate; her daughter Rosanne Ross and her husband David of Marshfield; her  sisters Theresa MacIsaac and Sister Rita MacDonald of Ontario; her brothers, John and Bernard MacDonald of P.E.I. and Walter, Leo, Ronnie and George MacDonald of Ontario; eight grandchildren and one great-grandson. A funeral was held at the MacDonald Funeral Home on  Feb. 15, followed by a funeral Mass at the Holy Family Church. Burial will be in the New Calvary Cemetery, Boston. Contributions in Mrs. McInerney’s memory may be made to the Scituate Food Pantry 344 Country Way Scituate, MA. 02066-3736.