In Memoriam: Mary Teresa Leary, 94 December 31, 1927 – August 28, 2022 – All Otsego

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In Memoriam

Mary Teresa Leary, 94

December 31, 1927 - August 28, 2022

COOPERSTOWN – Mary Teresa Leary, 94, resident of Monroe County, was taken by the Lord on Sunday, August 28, 2022, in Rochester.

Mary was born on December 31, 1927, in Niagara Falls to Joseph David and Agnes Gertrude Maher.

Mary graduated from Nazareth College of Rochester with a nursing degree and worked as a nurse. She married Dr. Herbert J. Leary in Lyons Falls in 1952, and after a series of moves, eventually settled in Poughkeepsie to raise one daughter and four sons. Later the couple moved to Cooperstown after building a home on Otsego Lake. Following her husband’s passing in 2007, Mary came to reside at The Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home in Cooperstown, a place she truly enjoyed and appreciated.






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