Margaret E. Hewitt Obituary

Margaret E. (Slattery) Hewitt RN, 89, a retired Registered Nurse passed away Saturday, January 26 2019 at Kent Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late James F. Hewitt Jr. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late John A. and Margaret M. (Toohey) Slattery. Mrs. Hewitt had been a Registered Nurse for 42 years at RI Hospital. She held the positions of Head Nurse on the Surgical Unit and Supervisor of Personnel Health Services. She was a graduate of Blessed Sacrament School, St. Patrick’s High School, and a 1951 graduate of RI Hospital School of Nursing, where she was a member of its Alumni Association. She served on the Board of Directors of the RI Hospital Nurses Alumni Association, and the Lucy C. Ayles Foundation. A communicant of St. Kevin Church, she was a charter member of St. Kevin Women’s Club, where she served as president and secretary of the original parish council. She is survived by one daughter, Margaret F. Quinn; one son, James F. Hewitt III; one grandson, Michael J. Quinn; one granddaughter, Kristen E. Quinn-Wright; one great-grandson, Declan Michael Wright; and one sister, Mary Ellen Brookshire. She was the sister of the late Kathleen M. Wilkins, and Peter J. Slattery.

Her funeral will be held Saturday, February 2 20019 at 8:45 am from the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home, 2435 Warwick Ave., with a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Kevin Church, Sandy Lane, at 10 am. Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston. Visiting hours Friday 4-8 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to St. Kevin Church, 333 Sandy Lane, Warwick, RI 02889, will be appreciated.