Mary L. French Loria

Mary L. French, a resident of the St. Mary’s Villa Nursing Home, formerly of The Hideout, Lake Ariel, died Thursday evening after an illness.  She was the widow of Edward G. French, who died in 1993.

Mary was born 1921, in New York, and was the daughter of the late Anna Colonna & Lawrence Loria.  She worked for Mutual Engraving and Printing Company in West Hempstead, New York.  She was an avid bowler and golfer.  Prior to her entering the Villa she was a member of the St. Thomas More and St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Parish Community.

Surviving are her son Philip E. French of Oregon; daughter Louise A. Pettit of Lake Ariel;       Five grandchildren:  Michele Hauenstein, Mary Ahmadzadeh, Marjorie Pettit, Edward Pettit, and Joseph Pettit;  Four great-grandchildren: Sarah Pettit, Grace Hauenstein, Nathaniel Hauenstein, and Matthew Pettit.

A blessing service will be held at 10:30 am on Tuesday in the James Wilson Funeral Home 143 Gravity Rd. Lake Ariel by Rev. Stephen Stavoy.

Friends may call from 9:30 am until time of the service.

Interment, St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow.

To share a memory or to leave your condolences for the family please visit the funeral home’s website.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.