Rochester, NY/Essex Fells, NJ: Madge passed peacefully on August 8, 2018 at age 100. Predeceased by her husband Lawrence Porter Carrington, her son Lawrence Porter Carrington Jr. “Skip”, and her sisters, Elaine Wilder Bandell and Shirley Wilder Loehr. Survived by her daughter Dianne Carrington-Plano and her husband Joe Plano of Livonia; granddaughters, Susan Faber-Plano and Karen Stotz; great-grandsons, Kyrksen and Alex. Also survived by her daughter-in-law Susie Carrington of CA.
Madge was born on June 20, 1918, in Verona, New Jersey, to Harry and Louise Wilder. She was the second of three daughters. Madge grew up in Verona, attended secretarial school and worked in an insurance and real estate company. She met her husband, Lawrence Porter Carrington, on a blind date on the Fourth of July. Larry, the cousin of one of Madge’s girlfriends, was in the Navy and visiting New Jersey on leave at the time. What became a wartime romance led to their marriage in 1944.
The couple made their new home in Essex Falls, New Jersey, and had two children, son Lawrence Porter Carrington Jr. and daughter Dianne. Dianne recalls that her brother was always known as “Skip,” because when he was born, the nurse handed him to Madge and said, “Here’s your little skipper,” referencing his father’s service in the Navy.
Madge, a homemaker after her children were born, was a hostess who loved entertaining and throwing parties. She was a golfer, theater lover and traveler — she and her husband, Larry, enjoyed trips to Europe and within the U.S., including Hawaii. After Larry’s death, Madge moved to the Rochester area to be close to Dianne. She embraced this new chapter in her life with enthusiasm, making friends and taking in many GEVA performances and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concerts, especially POPS. Madge lived at the Friendly Home for the last seven years and always was a friendly and social “people person.”
Funeral services will be held privately with interment in Essex Fells, NJ. Memorial contributions may be made in Madge’s Memory to the Friendly Home Memorial Fund, 3156 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618. To send a condolence or share a memory please visit: www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com