Mary Tracey

TRACEY, Mary Mary Meyers Tracey, the widow of Thomas E. Tracey, died Thursday September 15, 2005. Born in Springfield, MA, on July 8, 1924, she is the daughter of the late Frank and Elizabeth Carr Meyers. Mary was a graduate of Massena High School, a 1945 graduate of Pottsdam State Teachers College, now SUNY Pottsdam, in New York, attending her 60th reunion in July of this year. She worked as a teacher in the Hartford school system. She was a resident of West Hartford from 1950-1997, active in St. Thomas the Apostle Church and School, serving as past president of the Women?s Club. She was a member of St. Agnes Guild, the Council of Catholic Women, taught CCD, served as a Girl Scout Leader and Den Mother for the Cub Scouts. She had been awarded the Catholic Woman of the Year Medal from the Archdioceses of Hartford. After retiring to Sturbridge, MA in 1997, she volunteered at Old Sturbridge Village, for St. Anne and St. Patrick Parish, Sturbridge Senior Center and the Southbridge Interfaith Hospitality Network. She leaves her six Children; Thomas Tracey, Jr. of Eugene, OR, Kathleen LaChance and her husband John of Manchester, CT, Timothy Tracey and his wife Debra of San Diego, CA, Peter Tracey and his wife Jayne of Vernon, Mary Beth Tracey of Hartford, Frank Tracey and his wife Catherine of Holden, MA, and seven grandchildren, Justin, Brandon and Andrea Tracey in California, Elizabeth Carey Ingalls and her husband Scott in Texas, Caitlin and Matthew Tracey in Vernon, CT and soon to be born, Ryan Francis Tracey of Holden, MA. Her two sisters Jane Toce of New Britain, CT and Kay Slater of Messena, NY, her brother Dr. Edward Meyers of West Hartford, CT, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins also survive her. She was predeceased by her brother Frank Meyers. The funeral will be Monday Sept. 19 at 8:30 a.m. from the Molloy Funeral Home 906 Farmington Ave. West Hartford, with a mass of Christian Burial at 9:00 a.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Church, West Hartford. Burial will follow in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Calling hours are Sunday from 3-7 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to St. Thomas the Apostle School, 25 Dover Road, West Hartford, CT 06119 or Southbridge Interfaith Hospitality Network, 39 Elm St. Southbridge, MA 01550. Online messages of sympathy and remembrance may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com

Mary Tracey

July 8, 1924 - September 15, 2005