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Mary Dolan Obituary

Mary Noyes Dolan

Resident of Palo Alto

96, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2010 in Tiburon, California. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1914, she graduated from Punahou School and then attended the University of Hawaii before completing the nursing program at Queens Hospital. She married Gerald Arthur Dolan, now deceased, in 1937 in Honolulu. They owned Peninsula Office Supply, headquartered in Redwood City. They had three children, Robert (deceased), Patricia Dicker and Douglas, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mary will be missed and always remembered with love.

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Published by San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on Oct. 23, 2010.

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