Sheila Marie Sullivan McDONAGH OBITUARY McDONAGH Sheila Marie Sullivan, November 7, 1946 — August 19, 2024, Sheila passed away with family by her side in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 19, 2024, from the effects of a stroke. Sheila was born on November 7, 1946, as the first child to John and Mary Sullivan (née Dunphy) in the Bronx, New York.
Sister Stephanie Sullivan joined to make them a family of four on September 5, 1948. Sheila graduated grammar and high school from St. Nicholas of Tolentine in the Bronx and went on to graduate from Dominican College in Blauvelt, NY, in 1968.
Upon graduating, she met and married Bernard McDonagh on August 10, 1968, and they moved to Gaithersburg, Maryland, where she began a lifetime in the teaching profession while her husband attended graduate school. While in Maryland, Sheila and Bernie expanded their family, welcoming children Brian (1970), Matthew (1972) and Megan (1975) into their lives. In 1975, the family embarked on an adventure, moving to Minnesota where Sheila spent time raising the children in St.
Paul and being heavily involved in their education at Highland Catholic Grade School and with the many sports they were passionate about. As a mother, she spent countless hours playing games she didn’t even enjoy, including Memory and Wiffle ball, while also making sure the piano was played and the books were read. When the children were in middle and high school, Sheila turned her love of flowers into a job at Bachman’s where.