Ann M. Begley

Ann Mary Doncourt Begley September 4, 1931-November 20, 2025 Ann Mary Doncourt Begley, 94 a long- time resident of North Conway and Glen New Hampshire, passed away peacefully at Mountain View Community Senior Living Facility on Thursday November 20, 2025 after a brief illness. Born in New York City, and raised in Crestwood, New York, Ann was the oldest of four children born to Walter and Edith Doncourt. Ann was a graduate Roosevelt High School and attended the Mount Vernon School of Business. She met her husband Hugh Begley on a ski trip in Lake Placid, New York, and were married for 47 years before his passing in 2002. Ann worked for M.H. Hackett Company, an advertising company in New York City for several years before dedicating herself to her family, first in Sayreville NJ and then in Middletown NJ. As a wife and mother, Ann was actively involved in all aspects of life. She was dedicated to the PTA, administered the sports booster clubs, was known as the swim team mother, participated in both Boy and Girl Scouts, all the while being the best taxi service to her 5 children! Most of all Ann relished her summers at the Ship Ahoy Beach Club in Sea Bright NJ, tending to the garden club, the annual women’s golf outing with her friends to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the Haskell’s Hunt in the fall, camping, and traveling adventures with her family. Ann was very athletic and enjoyed skiing, playing tennis, and golf. She instilled a passion for sports and competition in her children. Funny, strong, caring, and devoted to her family and community, Ann was also involved in the church, volunteered in the nursing home, and taught skiing at the Eastern Slope Ski Club after moving to North Conway in 1984, when she and her husband bought and ran the Buttonwood Inn in North Conway, named after their street in New Jersey where they lived for most of their married lives. Ann also loved a good party and was known to enjoy a scotch and water until she switched to red wine in her later years. Ann was predeceased by her husband Hugh Begley, son Walter Begley, sister Joan and brother-in-law Richard Goettler, brother Garry and Mary Doncourt. Survivors include her brother Peter Doncourt, her children, sons Jim (wife Robyn), Tim (wife Elizabeth), Paul, and daughter Ellen Begley. Her grandchildren Chris (wife Aby) and their children Remy and Riley, Marisa Scibilia (husband Michael) and their children Michael and Matthew, Jessica (husband Josh) and their children Ansley, Jordan, Gwen, & Charlie, Cristin Kline (husband Brian) and their children Callan and Sienna, Matthew (wife Brittany) and their children Soden and Aspen, also Michael Begley, Jesse Foran, Emily Foran, Laura Foran Seegulam (husband Andrew) and their children Olivia, Wyatt & Ivy, and John Foran Jr (wife Natalie). All arrangements will be under the care and direction of Furber and White Funeral Home, 2925 White Mountain Highway North Conway, New NH., 03860. Funeral and burial services will take place in the spring, once the cemetery reopens. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Mountain View Community Senior Living Facility (Recreation Department), 93 Water Village Road, Ossipee, NH 03864 or Compassus Hospice Care www.hhelpfoundation.org.