Mary was born on March 13, 1939, in a farm house in Eden, Wyoming to John and Cathryne Wood. In her formative years, she enjoyed playing the piano, singing and riding her horse.
She graduated from the Farson, Wyoming high school at the age of 16 and was valedictorian of her class. Upon graduation from high school, she moved to Denver and enrolled in the Park School of Business. Upon graduation from Park School, she was working as a secretary when she met her husband to be, Tom.
They were married in February 1958 and raised two sons, Russell and Randall.
Mary is preceded in death by her parents and is survived by her husband, Tom, of 64 years, her sons Russell and wife Meredith and their daughter, Janiece, of Bryan, Texas, and Randall and wife Cheryl, of Wichita, Kansas, her sisters, Dolores Lucero of Houston, Texas, and Nancy Iseman and husband Doug, of Fort Collins, Colorado. She is also survived by her nephews, Kelly Lucero of Georgia, John Iseman of Denver, Colorado and niece Cathryne Preston and husband Tyler of Fort Collins, Colorado and their children Andrew and Lily.