Marilouise W. Hagerty | Real estate broker, 55

Marilouise Waldron Hagerty, 55, of West Chester, a real estate broker, died Wednesday, March 23, of kidney cancer at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester.

Mrs. Hagerty graduated from Bishop Shanahan High School in West Chester and earned a bachelor's degree in art from Rosemont College.

After graduating in 1977, she worked for 10 years for Raymond Waldron Realtor, her father's firm.

When he died in 1987, she joined Hershey's Mill Realty. For 22 years, she sold homes in Hershey's Mill, a residential community in West Chester, and became a broker manager and senior real estate appraiser. "She was an excellent people person," her husband said. "She solved more problems by just being nice."

She had a flair for decorating her own home and helping clients and friends with theirs, her husband said.

Mrs. Hagerty volunteered with the May Festival and the Chester County Day fund-raising events for Chester County Hospital, and since her diagnosis two years ago, she had been active in raising funds for the Kidney Cancer Association.

She and her husband enjoyed travel, visiting the Chesapeake and summering in Avalon, N.J.

Besides her husband of 32 years, Mrs. Hagerty is survived by a son, Ryan; her mother, Rosemary Waldron Tucker; and four brothers.

Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 25, and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Dellavecchia, Reilly & Smith Funeral Home, 410 N. Church St., West Chester. A Funeral Mass will be said at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Church, 233 W. Gay St., West Chester, Pa. 19380. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Donations may be made to St. Agnes Church or to Action to Cure Kidney Cancer, 150 West 75th St., Suite 4, New York, NY., 10023, www.ackc.org.