Born January 5th, 1942 in River Falls, Wisconsin. The 6th of 8 children of William and Marie Linehan. She grew up in Hudson, Wisconsin on her family's dairy farm where she worked very hard to contribute and help her mother on caring (cooking & cleaning etc.) for her family.

She graduated from Hudson HS in 1960 and continued to care for her family. She married in 1962. In addition to caring for her son and daughter, she continued to work several part time jobs. Due to her husband's work, she moved to Texas, Minnesota (where her second son was born), San Francisco and eventually to Georgia. In the early 90's she began working full time at Rich's (Macy's) department store as a department manager. She retired after 15 years. She then moved to Phoenix where she lived with her oldest son and his family.

Mary died suddenly after a very brief illness. She is survived by her three children Tim, Kelli, and Jeff and their spouses Cindy, Bill and Sue. Her grandchildren Tim Jr., Megan, Katie, Eric, Emma, Anna, Maddie, Jay and Daniel. She also had two great grandchildren, Bear and Maisie, with a third great grandson due in April.

She was passionate about her family; planned her year around visiting. She got together with her brothers Bob, Don, Butch and Jack several times a year. She attended as many sports games of her grandchildren as possible where she was the loudest fan. She loved holidays; took great pleasure in decorating her house and sending cards to all her loved ones. She was the most thoughtful person- never forgot anyones birthday - made sure they felt special.

She will be greatly missed by her family.