Mary O'Neill Fogarty

July 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Mary Loretta O’Neill Fogarty, peacefully, in her 89th year. Survived by Andrew Wilfred Fogarty her best friend and husband for more than 63 years, she also leaves to mourn her sons Neill (Rosemary) Mississauga ON, Stephen (Christine) Pincourt QC, and daughter Loretta (Patrick) Candiac QC, her brother James P. O’Neill, St. John’s NL, her loving and adored grandchildren Nicolas, Thomas, Andrew and Clare, and numerous relatives and friends.

Daughter of the late Patrick J. O’Neill, OBE, and the late Teresa M. O’Neill, Mary was born and educated in St. John’s NL and graduated with her B.A. Cum Laude from Georgian Court University, Lakewood NJ, majoring in Music: piano, violin, voice. Following graduation and a period with Radio Station WOR in New York, she served, until her marriage, as Private Secretary to Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in Washington DC.

Active in the community, and a devout member of St. Edmund’s Parish, she was President of the Ladies Guild, a Lector and a long time member of both the Senior and Funeral Choirs. Referred to as a truly gracious Patrician lady, Mary was a genuinely wholesome human being loved and admired by all who knew her. She will be sorely missed.

Visitation Collins Clarke MacGillivray White Funeral Home, 222 Autoroute 20 (at Cartier), Pointe-Claire QC, Tuesday, September 13, 7 to 9 and Wednesday, September 14, 2 to 5 and 7 to 9. Funeral Mass 11:00 am Thursday, September 15, at St. Edmund’s Church, 105 Beaconsfield Blvd., Beaconsfield QC. Interment in the Fogarty Family plot, Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa ON. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.