Mary Agnes Kyle

Mary Agnes Kyle of Salisbury, Maryland, formerly of Bryans Road, MD, passed away peacefully on October 15, 2014 at the Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury. She was 90 years old. Born on May 30, 1924 in Gary, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late James Edward Monaghan Sr. and Mary Ann Monaghan. Mary Agnes graduated from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Huntington, WV as a Registered Nurse and also enlisted in the U. S. Cadet Nurses Corp in WWII. She began her career as a RN in Welch, WV and then moved to the Washington, DC area. She worked at Hadley Memorial Hospital for over 20 years and then went to work at the Charles County Nursing Home. She was a well-respected, hardworking and caring nurse. In retirement, she moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland with her daughter and son-in-law in 2001 and spent her final days enjoying life on the Shore. She was a devote Catholic and belonged to St. Francis de Sales parish in Salisbury. Mary Agnes was an avid reader and loved to read murder mysteries, especially those written by James Patterson and Mary Higgins Clark. She loved traveling to California to visit family and enjoyed spending time at the slots. She was known well as the “dishwasher and laundry lady” as she was always cleaning up after everyone. She was a loyal Washington Redskins fan and had a great love for family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Day Kyle; her three sons Patrick, Thomas and Dennis Kyle; her grandson Thomas W. Wood Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Catherine Hall and son-in-law, Harry Hall of Salisbury; two grandchildren Laura “Cricket” Toder of Nanjemoy, MD and Darren Kyle of New York, NY; her step-grandchildren Jessica Hayford of Arlington, VA and Jeremy Hall of Mechanicsville, MD; also survived by eight great grandchildren. Visitation on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 from 11AM until time of service to begin at 1:30PM at the Raymond Funeral Service, P.A. 5635 Washington Avenue La Plata, MD 20646. Interment will take place at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery. A Mass in memory of Mary Agnes will be held on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 8:30AM at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Salisbury, MD. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association 4217 Park Place Ct., Glen Allen, VA 23060-9979.

Mary Agnes Kyle

May 30, 1924 - October 15, 2014