Mary Lynch

19, 2022, at the Monroe County Hospice House in East Stroudsburg. She had been in

treatment for colon cancer since 2020.

She was born Mary Bernadette Lenz to John F. Lenz, and Mary Mack Lenz on

November 20, 1952, in Corning, Iowa, where she and her brother Charlie grew up

surrounded by the large loving Mack family. She graduated from Corning Community

Schools with the Class of ’71. She attended Marycrest College in Davenport, Iowa,

then transferred to the University of Iowa in Iowa City , where she graduated in 1979.

She worked several memorable summers at the Ozark Barbecue in Lake of the Ozarks,

Missouri, and continued working a variety of jobs in various locations around the

Midwest and West. In 1978 she met Dr. Christopher Lynch. They married in 1981 in

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Corning. With his job with the US Army Medical Corps,

they moved to Denver, Colorado; to Tacoma, Washington; to Baumholder and then

Augsburg, Germany; and finally to Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1989, then Major

Christopher Lynch was honorably discharged from the US Army, and joined Pocono

Pediatric Associates, which in 2013 joined the St. Luke’s University Health System.

Bernie and Chris continued to travel extensively. She volunteered with several

organizations during the more than 30 years spent in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

She was a tremendously proud mother to their 3 children, and supported their many

activities and efforts in school and their wonderful neighborhood. She worked for

Pocono Pediatric Associates for 16 years.

Bernie is survived by her father John F. Lenz of East Stroudsburg; husband Dr.

Christopher Lynch of East Stroudsburg; children Joseph F. Lynch (partner Jaclyn Kidd)

of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth R. Lynch (husband Gregory Stavish) of

Rahway, NJ, Andrew J. Lynch (fiancee’ Nicole Thompson) of Brodheadsville,

Pennsylvania, grandson Theodore J. Stavish; brother-in-law Stephen F. Lynch and

sister-in-law Jolene Lynch, of Seattle, Washington; sister-in-law Judith Lynch of

Secaucus, NJ; and many beloved cousins, nieces, and nephews. She was preceded in

death by her dear mother Mary M. Lenz, brother Charles J. Lenz, parents-in-law John

J. and Hedwig F. Lynch, and brothers-in-law John Lynch and Brendan Lynch.

Viewing will be at Lanterman and Allen Funeral Home on Friday March 25, 5 to 7 PM,

and Saturday March 26, 9 to 11 AM, with a Memorial Service at the Funeral Home.

Interment of ashes will be in Calvary Cemetery, in Corning, Iowa, at the convenience of

the family.

Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice.