Obituary of Libera Maria McGarrey

Libera Maria Jacobini McGarrey, 81, passed away Friday, July 14, 2023.

Visitation & Rosary: Wednesday, July 19th 6:00 P.M. visitation/6:30 P.M. rosary at St. Andrew Catholic Church, 3312 Dryden Rd, Fort Worth.

Funeral Mass: Thursday, July 20th at 10:00 A.M. at St. Andrew Catholic Church.

Libera was born July 18, 1941, in Queens, NY to Andree and Louis Jacobini. As a little girl Libera could always be found in the kitchen, following closely behind her mother (who was born in Italy) learning everything she could about cooking great Italian meals. Libera attended Bayside HS in Queens before her family moved to Fort Worth, where she graduated from Paschal High School and took classes at TCU. Nobody had better handwriting than Libera.

Libera met Joseph McGarrey at the Champagne Room and they married in 1963. Together they had five children. Libera had a 40-year career as a manager at Colonial Cafeteria with family friend John Horan.

Libera loved the Holy Spirit, gardening and spending time with her grandchildren.

Libera was preceded in death by her husband, Joe, and is survived by daughters, Andree Moore and Helen Mullen; sons, Joseph, Dominic “Nick” and wife Clare, and Michael; grandchildren, Matthew Mullen and wife Angela, Blake and Hailey Moore, Conor McGarrey, and Nicky McGarrey; great grandchildren Kale, Jaxsen and Olivia Mullen and Grayson Jones; brothers Frank and Louis Jacobini, and many nieces and nephews.