Mary Louise Madigan

Mary Louise “Marylou” Green Madigan passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 in Tallahassee, Florida. She was born December 5, 1922 in Clearwater, Florida to Ray E. and Reba C. Green. Marylou attended Duke University and graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and was a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. She worked for the U.S. Government during World War II in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and later the CIA, and was stationed in Spain, the Dominican Republic and Washington, D.C. While in Washington, D.C. Marylou met and married John A. “Jack” Madigan, Jr., and they moved to Tallahassee in 1949. In Tallahassee, Marylou was a social and political columnist for the Miami Herald, wrote two cookbooks (Political Potluck and Political Potluck II), and was involved in numerous civic organizations including the Junior League of Tallahassee, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Tallahassee Theater Guild, LeMoyne and was a longtime trustee of the Tallahassee Community College Foundation, Goodwood Museum and of the Longyear Historical Society and Museum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Marylou orchestrated and hosted a number of social functions centering around the Florida Legislature when Jack was a lobbyist, and also engaged in various political activities including as a Florida Delegate to the 1960 Democratic Presidential Convention. Marylou volunteered as a docent at the Florida Governor’s Mansion and in a number of church related activities. She was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Tallahassee and in Boston, Massachusetts. Marylou is survived by her son, Terrell C. “Terry” Madigan, and his wife Barbara and grandchildren Elizabeth, Meghan and John Terrell, nephews Ray E. Green III, Benson T. Green and niece Mary Ann Green Sprague, along with several beloved cousins throughout Florida and many dear friends worldwide. She was predeceased by her husband Jack in 1984, her son John R. “Casey” Madigan in 2007, her parents and by her brother and sister in law, Ray E. and Mary Frances Green, Jr. A supporter of the Florida Sheriff’s Youth Ranches, Florida State University, Tallahassee Community College and many other charitable and educational organizations, the family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Marylou’s name to these or any other charities. The family is gathering to receive friends of Mary Lou on Sunday, March 31st from 4-6 PM. The Address is 1052 Summerbrooke Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. Please call Terry Madigan (850)933-8820 or Barbara Madigan (850) 566-3729 for directions. Bevis Funeral Home (850-385-2193, www.bevisfh.com) is assisting the family with their arrangements.

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Mary Louise Madigan

December 5, 1922 - March 29, 2013