During the last week of Megan's life, many people left messages for Megan on her cell phone.  We would play a few at a time for her.  We thank all who left messages.

There was one message from a friend of hers in Breckenridge (Bob Boyd) that deeply touched me.  It was representative of the extent to which Megan was personally recognized and loved by her friends.   I've received Bob's consent to write down his message and place it as part of this memorial website.  Thank's Bob.

"Hey, Megan my friend.  This is Bobby calling.  I just spent the afternoon with a circle of friends -- Sandy, Marti, Moe, John.  We went to see the play The Elephant Man...what it was really about was that element in all of our lives that holds us together and binds us to one another -- that element is our common humanity -- that which we feel, see, touch -- get to know about each other.  We are so blessed -- it makes us human and capable of love for one another.  Megan, we both know why I'm calling in tonight.  Yesterday, Maryalice informed Sandy about your condition and what the eminent situation is and as tough as it was, it seems right that today the 5 of us -- all dear friends, whose lives you touched in so many positive and uplifting ways -- that we would come to know of what you are facing.  It's difficult to put into words what I'm feeling right now.  I don't know if we are really ever prepared to take this kind of transition -- though it is one we will all make sooner or later.  But, what I do know is that you, Megan Duffy, Dear Megan, you showed me a way to live a better life by your examples of strength, courage, compassion, love, and truth -- and the one image of you that I will always hold in my heart is when we were at Glide and you showed us all how to just stand.  So at this time, this painfully sad time, I'm going to do as you would do -- and that is just stand.  I will miss you dearly, but even more, I will celebrate that your life touched mine and the lives of so many others who were fortunate enough to know you.  May God bless you Megan, traveling mercies, and god willing...I'll see you down the road. Be well my friend.  May your spirit soar forever.  I love you."

"...her all time favorite movie star was Dana Andrews.  When he was going to be on the Lux Radio Theater performance of "Laura", the two of us took the bus to Hollywood to see him.  There was a pack of teens at the stage entrance, and when he came in there was pandemonium.  She screamed and swooned.  I'd thought that swooning was faked, but this was the real thing.  i was so embarrassed that I wouldn't sit by her on the way home, Boy, was I a pig."  (Alice Mae)

Favorite Music:  Pachelbel Kanon in D Maj

Favorite Color:  Purple 

" She liked to organize "play acting" with Joyce, Barbara, and me.  She wanted to be an actress and said it was good practice.  Our props were usually a punch bowl of cool aide and a loaf of bakery bread.  We'd pick a location and time period (usually the south during the civil war) and make it up as we went along.  The plot would get really intense with all of us sobbing at some point." (submitted by Alice Mae)

Megan got very involved in her life in Breckenridge, CO.  On Oct. 13-14 she performed a scene from "On Golden Pond" in "Scenes 'n' Songs" presented by The Blue Spriits Production Company.  The program (in the section about the performers) has the following: "MEGAN DUFFY has had a lifelong dream -- since high school drama classes -- of acting in a play.  She put it aside for what she considered more 'adult pursuits.' Megan says, "Knowing the director gave me the courage to audition now.  My sister and cousin have written me saying as children we 'play acted' together with me as actor/director, and they say I called our plays 'acting lessons.' My daughter remembers I invented stories using hand puppets.  Working with this cast and Bill Hirsch for our scene ha been exciting, scary, and fun -- a life-giving and growing experience." 
 

"She hated the name Margaret (probably because Jay and Bill alled her marg-you-rat). When she was in grammar school, she decided on Meg as in Little Women.  Then it was Margie from the movie "My Little Margie", followed with Peg from the song "Peg of my Heart".  Before she settled on Peggy, she tried Mark after one of Dana Andrew's characters.  In High School she gave her name as Peggy, which took."  (quote from Alice Mae)

She kept the nickname Peggy for all of her married life, changing her name legally to Megan Duffy in the late 80's.  The Duffy came from Mother Acquinas Duffy (the family relative she was named after) and she cleverly picked the name Megan to encompass the totality of her being...Meg and...
(submitted by Maryalice) 

Son-in-law, Keith Luper reports that Megan had so many names that she wanted him to have a new name too.  She came up with "Sam".