Joseph Patrick McGuigan's Obituary
Joseph “Joe Mac” Patrick McGuigan, age 57, of Seaford, DE, passed away suddenly on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at Tidalhealth Nanticoke Health Center in Seaford. He was born on June 5, 1965, in Norristown, PA, son of Frank Woodward and Joan (Dull) McGuigan.
Joe loved the open road and drove an eighteen-wheeler for AMH Bulk Transport for over fifteen years as their Lead Truck Driver. In that time, he drove hundreds of thousands of miles and visited forty-eight of the fifty states. Above all else he cherished the time spent with those that were close to him. Joe was a loving, father, son, brother and friend and he will be deeply missed by those who knew him.
Joe was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Harrison Woodward, and Ella Mae (Thomas) McGuigan; his maternal grandparents, Charles Augustus Dull, Jr. and Elizabeth Genevieve (Laird) Dull; and his uncle, Paul Collins McGuigan. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his daughter, Nicole Lynn McGuigan and her wife, Ashley; his son, Thomas J. McGuigan; his grandson, Myles Paul; two sisters, Kristine, and Mary (Karl); five brothers, Mark (Laura), Timothy (Celeste), David (Heather), Daniel (Jennifer), and Frank Paul (Alicia), ten nieces, four nephews, one great-niece and two great-nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at 11:00 AM St. Anthony of Padua Church, 259 Forest Avenue, Ambler, PA, 19002, where friends may visit from 9:30 - 10:50 AM. A luncheon will immediately follow the mass. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions in Joe Mac’s memory to St. Christopher Trucker’s Relief Fund, PO Box 30763 Knoxville, TN 37930, www.truckersfund.org or your favorite local SPCA.
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