The smile is gone, but not forgotte...
Every once in a while, one of God's most beloved angels comes to live among us. They may walk among us so that we do not recognize their specialness until you are in their company and experience their love. While angels are not perfect by any means, they are perfect in what their purpose is in our lives. Madeline Farry was one of God's very best, and she was here for each of us in ways we may not yet have come to know. Those that did know Madeline, will never be the same after knowing her. Her laughter, her hugs, her innocence, and her big Love are what we will all remember and miss.
But while she walked among us, we were blessed to learn many valuable lessons from Madeline Farry during her 89 years, among them:
1. No child or animal is properly bathed or thoroughly clean unless every orifice and fold is inspected and properly Q-Tip cleaned.
2. All food containers and wrappers must be spatula-wiped before they should be tossed out.
3. There are no strangers, just stories of others not yet known. And should THEIR story not be readily told, it is fair game to make up their story for YOUR own liking.
4. No mother should ever have a favorite child (or niece or nephew, or even grandchild), but each should always be thoroughly convinced they are!
5. Every receipt should be saved and accounted for so that checkbooks can be balanced down to the penny or kept at it UNTIL it has been.
6. Every baby must be oohed and ahhed over, and held whenever possible, regardless of sex, ethnicity, or species, including proper parentage.
7. Whenever spreading peanut butter, mustard or mayo on bread, or even coloring the strike mark while bowling. It isn't done correctly if ANY part of the surface is not covered.
8. Butter could and SHOULD be considered an independent food group.
9. If you think you have emptied a toothpaste tube, but haven't cut it open with an exacto-knife and used foreign objects to glean the last bit of toothpaste, you are CLEARLY wasting money.
10. If there is EVER a funeral posted in the newspaper with your married or maiden sir-name, you MUST attend!
11. Speed limits are just guidelines (primarily for others).
12. You Never get lost while driving... You're just on a new adventure.
13. EVERY Holiday dinner meal requires Green Jello Salad, the one with cream cheese, pineapple, and pecans. (Someone must have really liked it... Once).
Madeline graduated from Denison High School in 1947. She married Pat Farry in 1950. They moved to Longview Texas where their first 2 children Charles, and Peggy were born. They moved back to Dallas and while living in Oak Cliff #3 David was born. They then became almost founding settlers of
Richardson where their 4th child John was born in 1957. Another son was born in Richardson, but that wasn't until 1973, when Brian was born... SURPRISE! Madeline and Pat had a child in the RISD from 1957 until 1991! She went to work at Texas Instruments (working the third shift, midnight to 7am so that her children would not miss the presence of a stay-at-home mom) when her youngest (John, at the time) started first grade. She worked there until giving birth to the Surprise 10 years later. Once Brian started school, Madeline started working for RISD, so that her schedule could match his as best as possible. She started as a Teacher's Aide and by the time she left she was the Head Secretary at Richardson Heights Elementary, where all 4 of the older children had attended. After retiring from RISD she went to work for Callier Learning Center, (school for DISD hearing impaired preschoolers). At her retirement party from Callier there were 8 classmates from Denison High School class of '47. To know Madeline was to love her. She also volunteered at the Counseling Center of Richardson, and was also awarded Volunteer of the year for Richardson, Texas in 2006. Madeline passed away having been surrounded by family and friends, Totally at peace and ready for her next adventure.
She is survived by her 5 children and 3 grandchildren and 2 great grandkids so far) who she would brag about to prospective friends (usually total strangers in the checkout line): Charles Farry; Peggy Farry Dauster, husband Tom, children Bo Dauster(wife Chantel, and their children Knox and Ivy Joy) and Tyler Dauster; David Farry, wife Laura, child Zachary Farry; John Farry; Brian Farry; and many nieces, nephews and friends too numerous to list but dear to her just the same. Madeline is reunited with her mother, Mary Christine Clark, whom she barely knew when she lost her before turning three, her father, Charles Caswell Foster, her husband, Patrick Farry, and is predeceased by her 4 siblings, Margaret Foster Pierce, Charles Foster, Jr., Tom Foster, and Dorothy Foster Cox. Memorial service and Celebration of Life will be held at her long-time church on Saturday April 6, 2019 at 2:00pm. The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, 421 Custer Rd. Richardson TX 75080.