Millicent Elinor Bagley

Portsmouth, - Millicent Elinor Donnelly Bagley, 74, of Indian Avenue, Portsmouth, died Friday, October 4, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late John Bodell. Bagley. Born in Clinton, MA, on August 25, 1928, she was the daughter of the late James and Mildred Manning Donnelly. Mrs. Bagley was a Graduate of Elmira College of New York, Class of 1949. She was a member of St. Marys Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, where she served as a former member of the Altar Guild and the Episcopal Church Women. She had also been a volunteer at the church thrift shop. Mrs. Bagley was an expert using a needle , doing needlepoint, and knitting doing projects for her family and friends. She enjoyed listening to good music and reading. After her husbands death, she became an administrative assistant for VITRO Corp of Middletown RI from 1980-1993 and then became a guide for the Preservation Society. Of Newport and Bristol Counties working in several of the homes. She is survived by one son John Bodell Bagley Jr. of Portsmouth, RI,; two brothers James Donnelly of Lincoln, RI, and John Donnelly of Columbus, OH, one sister Joan Crane of Albany, NY, one grandson, several nieces and nephews, and several great nieces and great nephews. She was also the sister of the late Allen Donnelly and Elliot DonnellyA Eucharist of the Resurrection will be celebrated on Tuesday, October 8, at 11:00 AM in St. Marys Episcopal Church, 324 East Main Road, Portsmouth. Burial will be in St. Marys Churchyard in Portsmouth. Donations may be made in her memory to Visiting Nurse Service of Newport and Bristol Counties, Hospice Unit, 1184 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, 02871, or to the St. Marys Episcopal Church Building Fund, 324 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, 02871.