Mary Elaine Bliss McGarey Madkour

Background

Madkour, Mary Elaine Bliss McGarey was born on April 12, 1927 in Swanton, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Robert Porter Senior and Edith Louise (Tuscany) Bliss.

Career

Clerk typist, Control Vermont Railway, St. Albans, Vermont, 1945-1946, 48-50; psychiatric aide, Institute Living, Hartford, Connecticut, 1946-1947, 50-; assistant manager, Jesse Welden Inn, St. Albans, 1947-1948; real estate agent, Hoisington Realty, Bennington, Vermont, 1985-1992; member, Vermont House of Representatives, Montpelier, since 1992.

Achievements

• Mary Elaine Bliss McGarey Madkour has been listed as a noteworthy State legislator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board dis. Vermont Association for Blind and Visually Impaired, Vermont affiliate Am.Diabetes Association, Burlington, 1982-1988. Town chairman Vermont Green Up Day, Bennington, 1989. Trustee Bennington Museum, since 1975.

Chairman Bloodmobile Canteen American Red Cross, Bennington, 1980-1986. Member Southewestern Vermont Hospital Auxiliary, since 1980. Member Southwestern Vermont Realtors Association, Plain Dirt Gardeners (past president), Women's Fellowship (past president), Park McCullough Association, Garden Club American (trustee, President award 1992).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, golf, crafts, gardening, knitting.

Connections

Married Walter Allen McGarey, August 26, 1950 (deceased August 1964). Children: Pamela McGarey Murphy, Patricia McGarey Berard, Michael James. Married Joseph Louis Madkour, December 29, 1966.

1 child, Carrie Madkour Major.

Father:

Robert Porter Senior Bliss

Mother:

Edith Louise (Tuscany) Bliss

Spouse:

Joseph Louis Madkour

Spouse:

Walter Allen McGarey

child:

Michael James Madkour

child:

Pamela McGarey Murphy Madkour

child:

Carrie Madkour Major Madkour

child:

Patricia McGarey Berard Madkour