Margaret Mary (Peg) Daly, a retired Stamford teacher and lifelong Stamford resident, has died at the age of 99. Daly was born March 20, 1912. She spent her final 12 years at Smith House.

She was educated in Stamford's Catholic schools and at the Danbury Normal School (now Western Connecticut State University) and later taught in the Stamford Public Schools.

Daly is survived by three children, Margaret Parente Marino of Stamford, Kevin Daly of Newport Beach, Calif., and Rosemary Marcuss of Washington, D.C.; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and 15 nieces and nephews. [and the many pupils she influenced in her life.] She was predeceased by her husband, Eugene L. Daly, and her sister Anne M. Reardon.

Daly influenced many pupils in her career, which was shaped by helping children learn to read. In her memory, her family is asking people to dedicate extra time to reading to children.

Calling hours will be at the Leo P. Gallagher Funeral Home, 2900 Summer St., Stamford, on Friday, April 1, from 1 to 4 p.m. A Mass will be celebrated Saturday, April  2, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Spirit Church, 403 Scofield Road, Stamford. Burial will follow in St. John’s Cemetery in Darien.

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