Mary T. (Dawley) Bryan - of Dedham, died on June 10, 2008. Loving wife of the late Dr. James E. Bryan DDS, formerly of Rochester, NY and Centerville, Ma. Beloved mother of Mary Gail Bryan of Naples, Fl., James E. Bryan and Cynthia of Tyngsboro, Thomas J. Bryan and Mariusz Nawratil of Washington DC., Kathleen A. Bryan of Norwood, Ruth J. and Eileen M. Bryan of Dedham. Loving grandmother of Christine H. Bryan, Julie A. Bryan, Margaret D. Bryan and Maura E. Bryan. Daughter of the late James F. Dawley and Mary Colbert Dawley of Melrose. Loving sister of Walter Dawley of Yarmouthport, John P. Dawley of Naples, Fl. Sisters Ruth and Jane Dawley of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Also survived by: Jan Dawley, Susan Dawley, Nancye Dawley, Ann Dawley, Frances B. Clark, Betty Ann Bryan, Robert Bryan, Suzanne Bryan and Nancy B. Vernon. Predeceased by her three brothers: James F. Dawley, Joseph P. Dawley and Robert Dawley of Andover, Ma.
Mary was born and raised in Melrose, Ma. She attended the Saint John’s Hospital School of Nursing in Lowell, Ma. She was a nurse at Boston City Hospital where she met her future husband. Mary was the first woman selected to the Board of Directors of the Catholic Charities in Rochester, NY. She was a ten year survivor of Ovarian cancer.
Funeral from the P.E. Murray-George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 2000 Centre St., WEST ROXBURY, on Friday at 9:30 AM. Funeral mass in the Holy Name Church, West Roxbury, at 10:30 AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment in Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, at 3 PM. Visiting hours on Thursday 4-7 PM.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations in Mary’s name may be made to: Catholic TV P.O. Box 9196, 34 Chestnut St. Watertown, Ma. 02471 or Ovarian Cancer Education Awareness Network (OCEAN), OCEAN at Massachusetts General Hospital, Development Office, 165 Cambridge St. Suite 600, Boston, Ma. 02114.