Margaret E. Tormey

Pawtucket – Margaret E. Tormey, 77, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. This obituary is for all the unsung heroines like Peg Tormey who spend their lives doing countless kind acts for people and who strive to make this world a better place. You may have come across Peg if you were a wait staff, particularly after COVID. In addition to her usual 25% tip on the tab, she was the white haired lady who slipped you an additional $20. She was the angel who overheard what you couldn’t buy for yourself or your children in the store that day and who gave you the money. Peg always respected hard-working people. She paid her University of Rhode Island tuition by working full time at menial jobs, including at a factory cutting jewelry boxes in Pawtucket.  She remembered her co-workers who told her she would make something of herself because she was getting a college education and she decided not to disappoint them. Even back then she was a fearless advocate for the downtrodden. She challenged the...