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Hornell, New York<\/p>\nHornell, New York<\/p>\n
Margaret M. \u201cMaggie\u201d Sleggs \u2013 (87) \u2013 of 54 Crosby St., Hornell, died early Saturday morning (April 11, 2026) at Maple City Rehabilitation Nursing Facility, on her 87th birthday, following a long illness.\u00a0 She was surrounded by her loving family who sang \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to her at midnight, shortly before she entered the Kingdom of Heaven.<\/p>\n
Born in Hornell on April 11, 1939, she was the daughter of Martin & Josephine (Jackson) Clancy.<\/p>\n
Margaret grew up on Crosby Creek Road and graduated from Alfred-Almond Central School (class of 1957).<\/p>\n
She was employed for about 2 years at Westinghouse Corporation and for several years served as cafeteria monitor at the former Lincoln School in Hornell.\u00a0 She later worked as a short order cook at the former Glenwood Dairy in Hornell.<\/p>\n
Maggie was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and a former member of St. Ignatius Loyola Church and later St. Ann\u2019s Church.\u00a0 While attending St. Ignatius Loyola Church, she was the first Eucharistic Minister to serve with the church.\u00a0 She also taught Religious Education (CCD) Classes and had served as CCD Coordinator.\u00a0 Margaret was also active in the St. Ignatius festival serving in many capacities including being in charge of the Cake Booth.\u00a0 She also cooked for the priests for about 8 years.<\/p>\n
She was an avid New York Mets fan, Buffalo Bills fan and enjoyed rooting for the Notre Dame Football Team.\u00a0 She also enjoyed \u201ccraft painting.”<\/p>\n
Margaret was preceded in death by her brother, Martin Clancy; 3 sisters, Veronica Clancy, Mary Ross and Anna Burritt.<\/p>\n
She was married on January 17, 1959 to John Riley Sleggs who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are 1 son, John (Jae) Sleggs of Leesburg, VA; 2 daughters, Kimberly (Michael) Rosso of Senoia, GA, and Sharon (Dan) Smith of Arkport; 1 sister, Elizabeth \u201cBeth\u201d (Lou) Cartella of Almond; 1 brother, Patrick (Gail) Clancy of Hornell; 8 grandchildren, Matt (Stacie) Collins, Tyler (Kara) Rosso, Jacob \u201cJake\u201d Sleggs, Ezekiel \u201cZeke\u201d Sleggs, Whitney (Matt) Rose, Ryan (Danielle) Smith, Aryn (Mark) Bailey & Lauryn (Tyler) Crouch;\u00a013 great-grandchildren; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n
The family of Margaret M. \u201cMaggie\u201d Clancy will receive friends on Thursday from 5:00 PM\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 7 :00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.\u00a0 A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 10:00 AM at St. Ann\u2019s Church.\u00a0 Burial will be in St. Mary\u2019s Cemetery.<\/p>\n
Margaret\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name be made to the Hornell YMCA, 18 Center St., Hornell, NY 14843.\u00a0 Memorial forms will be available at the Dagon Funeral Home.<\/p>\n
To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hornell, New York Margaret M. \u201cMaggie\u201d Sleggs \u2013 (87) \u2013 of 54 Crosby St., Hornell, died early Saturday morning (April 11, 2026) at Maple City Rehabilitation Nursing Facility, on her 87th birthday, following a long illness.\u00a0 She was surrounded by her loving family who sang \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to her at midnight, shortly before she entered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8131,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120\/revisions\/8131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}