Phyllis M. McDonough

PORTLAND - Phyllis M. McDonough, 94, of Leonard Street, died Sunday, February 3, 2013, at her home with her loving family by her side following a long illness. She was born in Portland on May 29, 1918, a daughter of Lyman F. and Margaret E. (Carton) Homan. She attended Shailer Elementary School and graduated from Portland High School, class of 1936. She married Joseph P. McDonough on December 29, 1943, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. Phyllis dedicated her life to home and family. When her children completed their education, she attended the Prichett School of Cake Decorating and became a master cake decorator. She crocheted afghans for the Ronald McDonald House and for the Linus Project. She loved reading about the Civil War, Joshua Chamberlain, and politics and working in her beautiful flower gardens. She was an avid newspaper reader and enjoyed solving crossword puzzles and jumbles. She is predeceased by her husband who died in 1999; two brothers, William and Arthur Homan; and two sisters, Margaret Simpson and Edith Leach. She is survived by two daughters, Janet M. (Jan) McDonough and her significant other Jody Despres of Portland and Phyllis M. (PM) McDonough, also of Portland; and a sister, Evelyn Stieben of Los Alamitos, California, and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 1:00 pm, Wednesday, at St Joseph's Church, 673 Stevens Avenue, Portland. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.Online condolences may be expressed below.