MARY B. MCCARTHY

June 21, 1947 - October 12, 2017

MEMORIAL DONATIONS: BETHLEHEM HERMITAGE 82 Pleasant Hill Road Chester, NJ 07330 www.bethlehemhermitage.com or to: Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation 99 Sparta Ave. Newton, NJ 07860 Mary B. McCarthy, 70 years, of Hamburg, NJ., passed away at home with her family by her side on Thursday, October 12, 2017. She was born on June 21, 1947 in Forty fort, PA to the late Genevieve Ann (nee Munley) Collins and the late Thomas Francis Collins. Mary married Lawrence McCarthy in 1968 and resided in Montclair, NJ, moving in 1970 to Caldwell, NJ where they raised their family. In 2005 they relocated to Sussex County until her passing. She graduated from Immaculate Conception Academy in Montclair, NJ and went on to earn her Bachelor degree in education at Seton Hall University. For many years Mary was an elementary school teacher at Lacodaire Academy in Upper Montclair, NJ, also at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Roseland, NJ, and in the East Orange School District. She was predeceased by her loving parents Genevieve and Thomas Collins, her dear siblings Jacqueline Collins Johann and Thomas Francis Collins, Jr. Mary is survived by her beloved husband Lawrence McCarthy of Hamburg, NJ, her loving children Lawrence Edward McCarthy, Jr. and his wife Agnes (Waszczuk), Lara A. McCarthy and her wife Jennifer (Munson), and Jennifer M. Chelel and her husband Matthew; her cherished grandchildren Luke Ron Chelel, Maggie Grace Chelel, and Samantha Clare McCarthy; her dear siblings Ann and Edward Collins; as well as many nieces and nephews. A Mass of the Resurrection will take place on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 11:30am at St. Jude the Apostle RC Church, 4-24 Beaver Run Rd, Hamburg, NJ 07419. Memorial donations may be made in Mary’s name to: Bethlehem Hermitage, 82 Pleasant Hill Road, Chester, NJ 07330; www.bethlehemhermitage.com. or to Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation, 99 Sparta Ave. Newton, NJ 07860. Log onto www.sticklesolteszfuneralhome.com tribute wall to personally post your condolences, memories, photos, and videos, as well as obtaining driving directions to the church.