DUFFY, Mary Helen (O'Brien) --- 1924-2011
HAGAN, OBRIEN, DUFFY, REGAN
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Date: 4/24/2011 at 11:11:11
Mary Duffy
Mary H. Duffy, 86, of Waukon died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 19 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial was at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon.
Mary Helen Duffy was born August 14, 1924 in Oelwein, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Hagan) O’Brien. She graduated from Oelwein High School in 1942 and attended a nursing school in Oak Park, IL. October 14, 1950 she married Norbert Duffy at Scared Heart Catholic Church in Oelwein. They moved to Charles City, where she worked as a nurse at the Charles City Hospital. Mary and Norbert moved to Waukon in 1963. She went to work at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, where she was the director of nursing until she retired in 1983.
Mary was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. She and Norbert enjoyed traveling the United States to see their children, as well as to Ireland and England. They also spent their winters in Arizona. Mary enjoyed knitting, crocheting, needle work, quilting, sewing clothing for her children and making wedding dresses for her daughters and her granddaughter, Jessica.
Survivors include her husband, Norbert “Bud’ Duffy of Waukon; her children, Bert (Jenny Ehrnst) Duffy of Minneapolis, MN, Helen (Bill Charneau) Duffy of Oakland, CA, Greg (Val) Duffy of Boise, ID, Karen (Tom) Regan of Waukon, Dan (Suzy) Duffy of Davis, CA and Tom (Gena) Duffy of Fuquay Varina, NC; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Edward, Miles, Richard and Daniel O’Brien; and a sister-in-law, Cora O’Brien.
Honorary casketbearers were Jessica Keenan, Claire Boyle, Lisa, Brien, Irene, Elizabeth, Jade, Cedric, Tobias and Veda Duffy, Good Samaritan Center Employees and Ruth Lau. Casketbearers were Jeremiah, Abraham and Noah Regan, Jerry Keenan, Travis Boyle and Mike O’Brien.Waukon Standard, March 23, 2011
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