Michael V. O’Hare, 73, formerly of Arlington, Virginia and Chatham, Virginia, died Sunday, March 15, 2009 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Margaret Mary and Owen J. O’Hare. He served in the Marine Corps, and was a graduate of Catholic University. He spent his career in Washington, DC as an administrator for the Overseas Development Council, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center’s Malaria Program.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Owen O’Hare, and is survived and mourned by his wife, Kathleen Hurt O’Hare; two children of the home, Owen and Margaret O’Hare; a daughter, Kate O’Hare Giovanello, and husband, Nick Giovanello; three brothers, Edward O’Hare, and wife, Glenna, of Staten Island, NY; Robert O’Hare and wife, Doreen, of Allentown, NJ; Jack O’Hare and wife, Eileen, of Plainsboro, NJ; one sister, Catherine O’Hare Simon of Charleston, SC; many nieces and nephews; and many friends and colleagues.
The funeral service will be held Thursday morning, March 19, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill. Visitation was held on Wednesday evening, March 18, at Walker’s Funeral Home on W. Franklin Street.
The family would like to thank the doctors and nurses at UNC Hospital who cared so well and so compassionately for Michael, particularly the nurses in the Neurosurgical ICU unit, and Drs. Anand Germanwala and Tiffany Perry.
A gathering of family and friends to celebrate Michael’s life and mourn his passing will be held after burial at the family home in Chapel Hill.
Arrangements by Walker’s Funeral Home of Chapel Hill.