Maureen Strachan

New London, NH – Maureen Teresa (Herlihy) Strachan, 84, of New London, New Hampshire, died peacefully on November 5, 2026, surrounded by her family. She was born on January 9, 1942, in White Plains, New York, to Jack and Mary (Dennis) Herlihy.Maureen grew up in Irvington, New York, and graduated from Irvington High School. The first in her family to go on to higher education, she trained at the Central Islip School of Nursing on Long Island, then headed west to Santa Monica, California, where she worked as an intensive care nurse. When she returned to New York, she joined White Plains Hospital as an RN and was involved in opening the hospital’s first cardiac care unit, where she then worked. She married Matthew J. Strachan, and after some years in Pleasantville, New York, they settled in Bedford, New York, where they raised their children and spent summers on Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire. She was proud of raising strong, independent children.

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