Nordal Mantaras McWethy

She was born on August 23, 1944, the only child of Jean (nee Fallon) and Charles Mantaras. She resided for most of her youth with her parents at her Aunt Millie’s home on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, next door to her life-long best friend Janet Luhrs, or at her Auntie Ree’s home on Long Island with her beloved McGrath cousins, JeanneMarie, Peggy, and Dolly.

Nordal graduated from Sheepshead Bay High School and received her BS from Fordham University. She then forged a 17-year career at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, specializing in cardiac lab technology. During that time, she met the love of her life, James Andrew “Andy” McWethy. On June 23, 1980 they married at Andy’s Manhattan home, and this was their primary residence for most of her life. On August 28, 1982, to their great joy, Nordal and Andy’s only child and beloved daughter Andrea Marisa was born.

Nordal was an avid horsewoman, skier, tennis player, and walker. A New Yorker through and through, she was a force to be reckoned with in volunteer associations; she served on the Board of the Sand Bar Beach Club, as President of the Gramercy Park Neighborhood Association, and successfully led the restoration of historic lighting to the neighborhood. She was a valued member and past president of the Republican Knickerbocker Club, and a parent leader at Andrea’s school, Marymount.

Nordal loved the South Fork of Long Island, and their second home in Remsenburg, NY, was a source of great happiness she shared generously with family and friends.

Most of all, Nordal loved to travel; over the years the McWethy Christmas card was an amazing travelogue of all the far-flung places the family experienced. Since retiring, Nordal and Andy have resided in Naples, Florida.

Nordal is survived by her husband, Andy McWethy, her daughter Andrea Hetley, and her son-in-law Dr. Richard Hetley. Her beautiful smile and infectious laughter will be sorely missed by her cousin and husband Peggy and Donald Bruhn, other close family members, and old and new friends close by and far.

She was predeceased by her mother and father.

A Mass of the Faithfully Departed will be said for Nordal on February 15, 2023 at 12 noon at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 625 111th Avenue N, Naples, Florida.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St Matthew’s House, 2601 Airport Road South, Naples, Florida, 34112.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.hodgesfhatnaplesmg.com for the McWethy family.