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Mary McCarthy
MARY MCCARTHY
Cedar Rapids
On Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, Mary McCarthy of San Antonio, Texas, passed away after a yearlong illness.
She is survived by her brothers, Timothy McCarthy (Sandra) of Des Moines and Terence McCarthy (Teresa)
of Leesburg, Va.; nephews, Timothy McCarthy (Nell) of San Antonio, Texas, and Timothy McCarthy (Carla) of Des Moines; and nieces, Amy McCarthy of Seguin, Texas, Katherine Blair (Charles) of Mount Carmel, Ind., Patti Graham (Bill) of Des Moines and Denise Junius (Martin) of Des Moines.
Mary McCarthy was born April 17, 1931, in Racine, Wis. Her parents were Frank and Amy (nee Knospe) McCarthy. She grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in 1947.
She went on to Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., and received a master's degree in social work in 1953. Afterward, she worked in several social clinics and churches in the Chicago area, where she retired and lived in a senior citizen home in Batavia, Ill.
In the fall of 2011, she moved to San Antonio, Texas, and has been living with her nephew, Timothy, and his wife, Nell.
Memorial services were Dec. 29 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in San Antonio. Burial will be at a later date in Cedar Rapids.
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