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Margaretta Large Rockefeller (Fitler)

Also Known As: "Happy", "Happy (for her childhood disposition)"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bryn Mawr, Radnor Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 19, 2015 (88)
Tarrytown (Greenburgh), Westchester, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Wonderly Fitler, Jr. and Margaretta Large Bartol
Wife of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the USA
Ex-wife of Dr. James Slater Murphy
Mother of Private; Private; James Bumgardner Murphy, II; Malinda Fitler Menotti; Margaretta "Wendy" Harrison Bickford (Murphy) and 1 other

Managed by: Crystal Jane Augustein
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About Happy Rockefeller

Margaretta Large 'Happy' Rockefeller

Rockefeller was a philanthropist and the second wife of the 49th governor of New York and 41st vice president of the United States, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979). She was first lady of New York from her marriage to then-Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1963, until he resigned in 1973, and second lady of the United States during her husband's tenure as Vice President from December 19, 1974 until his term ended on January 20, 1977.

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Happy Rockefeller's Timeline

1851
June 10, 1851
New York City, New York, United States
1926
June 9, 1926
Bryn Mawr, Radnor Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
1960
March 14, 1960
2015
May 19, 2015
Age 88
Tarrytown (Greenburgh), Westchester, New York, United States
May 2015
Age 88
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