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December 17, 2023
Services
Friends may visit with family on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 from 4PM to 8PM at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral Services will be held at 9AM on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Christ of King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes where Mary will be laid to rest beside her long-missed husband, Brendan.
Mary Katherine Mahon passed away at the age of 88 on December 17, 2023.
Mary was born in Brooklyn, NY to William Horan and Mary Ritter Horan on October 3, 1935.
She met her future husband, Brendan in Brooklyn as they lived in the same neighborhood as teenagers, and he fell in love with her beautiful blue eyes and her sweetness. Mary and Brendan married on June 29, 1957. Prior to raising their family, Mary was a secretary for the Naval Department in Brooklyn.
Mary and Brendan moved several times before moving to Packanack Lake Road in Wayne, NJ and were long time parishioners of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.
Mary was the sweetest, kindest person you could ever meet. She would do things for others and keep it to herself because she didn’t want any praise. She was loved by so many, and she truly loved everyone in return. She demonstrated a genuine respect for all people, as if blind to any sort of bias, judgement, or preconceived notions. She simply loved people in the most admirable of ways, perhaps as God intended us to love one another.
She was the loving wife of Brendan T. Mahon for 56 years, devoted and loving mother of Brendan Mahon and his wife Kanchan of Vestale, NY, Patricia Mortensen and her husband Chris of Wayne, Theresa Nicoletti of Toms River, Dr. James Mahon and his wife Robin of Sparta, and Francis Mahon and his wife Lauren of Katy, TX; cherished Nana to her eight grandchildren: Ron, Leela, Asha, Alexander, Ashley, Kiara, Megan and Owen Mahon. Devoted sister, aunt and friend to everyone.
Mary was pre-deceased by her daughter Judith (1966) when she was 3 days old, her husband Brendan Mahon (2013), her brother Michael Horan (2014) and her sister Margaret Gallo (2016) and her son in law Frank Nicoletti (2020).
In lieu of flower please donate to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, www.stjude.org.
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Friends may visit with family on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 from 4PM to 8PM at Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral Services will be held at 9AM on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Christ of King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes where Mary will be laid to rest beside her long-missed husband, Brendan.
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