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Mary Wieman Obituary
Mary L. Wieman was strong and hard-charging, a business executive and mother who more than once caught the red- eye home to New York from California, cooked breakfast for her husband and three children, then shot off to work at the Aon Corporation.
She orchestrated insurance coverage for major American corporations and she was so devoted to detail that early on Sept. 11, as she was preparing to run a meeting on the 105th floor of 2 World Trade Center, she polished the office furniture. "There were no insurmountable problems for her," said her husband, Marc Wieman.
Ms. Wieman, 43, loved dancing and throwing big parties for work and at home, and the loyalty she generated led people to congregate in her office when there was time to catch a breath. She kept trim by working out nearly every morning. When word came to evacuate, she walked down to the 78th floor. Then, inexplicably, she decided to take the elevator, colleagues told her husband.
"That decision was perfectly in character," Mr. Wieman said. "It was just like her to say, 'I'm not taking the stairs.' And that would be it."
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Leonard Resto
September 9, 2023
Went to the Memorial Wall last Friday, put my hand over your name and said a prayer. I miss you so much. I think of you often but know we'll meet in Heaven one day. Miss the great laughs we had together.
Kimberly
September 11, 2022
The memories of your energetic personality still make me smile - you are missed.
Maureen Gleixner
September 11, 2022
On this anniversary of 9/11 I am thinking of my high school friend Mary Kay! Rest In Peace my friend!
Maureen Malouf Gleixner
Sacred Heart of Mary HS class of 76ยด
Leonard Resto
September 12, 2021
Hard to believe it has been 20 years for what seems like only yesterday. I wish you God's eternal peace and I know I will see you again. Think of you often and miss you dearly.
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Blake Chauvin
September 11, 2021
I was working in the large Property insurance business where Mary made her name and had a chance to work with Mary. She was a consummate professional, with strong intellect and drive.
While I did not know her personally, as I read this obituary, I could see her strength and compassion in everything she did. God Bless her family.
Mom and Dad
June 30, 2021
Happy birthday day. A lot has happened,some good and some bad.Know that we will never forget you
Leonard Resto
September 12, 2020
Miss your wicked sense of humor, Mary. You are such a treasure and are enjoyed now in Heaven. Until we meet again, keep them laughing. Love you.
Kimberly Beute
September 11, 2020
Your memory makes me smile and your family remains in my prayers.
September 12, 2017
Hi, Mary,
For the funniest, most competent property insurance broker I have ever known, this comes with wishes that you may be resting at God's right hand. You are missed.
Love,
Len Resto
Chatham, NJ
Kimberly
September 11, 2017
Thinking of you - and praying for your family.
October 2, 2016
Just thinking of you and all of the wonderful memories. Thanks for the pennies. Love, Mom and Dad
Nena Stojcic
September 13, 2016
Stories about you will never end! Love you much and thank you for being in my life and leaving a gigantic imprint!!!
Leonard Resto
September 13, 2016
15 years, it seems impossible; but, they have flown by since your immense spirit and talent and humor was taken away from us much too soon. I think of you often and miss you. Just wanted to let you know I am thinking about you 15 years later.
Len Resto
Chatham Borough, NJ
ROSIE
September 13, 2016
YOUR SPIRIT TRULY LIVES ON!
September 12, 2016
You were a special person, full of life and love. You are remembered and missed by all who knew you. May God bless your family and friends with comfort
Kimberly
September 11, 2016
Your family remains in my prayers. Thinking of you brings a smile to my face and I know it is the same for many others who knew you.
Len Resto
September 16, 2015
Hi, Mary,
Can't believe 14 years have gone by. I can still laugh when I remember you looking at a property quote and, in your own unique way, saying "Geez, I mean, really? What are they smoking over there?" I'd start laughing and we'd be there with Gary Marchitello & Dan Dwyer. Fun days, good days, days that I miss. I think of you often and think of the wonderful talent that was taken away. But, I know you rest in Heaven because, really? where else could you be? :) May you rest in peace, my friend. I shall see you again one day.
Len Resto
Chatham Borough, NJ
Michael O
September 16, 2015
We still think of you often, and your family also, of course. We miss you!
Rosie
September 16, 2015
Went to High School with Mary. Sweet memories. Thinking of you...
September 15, 2015
Dear Mary - I think that this is the only entry for 2015. We miss you every day and thank you for the pennies you leave us. We attended a memorial service on 9-11 in Wauconda. It was very moving. Love, Mon and Dad
Laura Hiller
September 13, 2014
Yet another year goes by and you are not forgotten. Your laughter will remain in the hearts of those who had the honor of knowing you. God bless your family and friends.
Nena Stojcic
September 12, 2014
Yesterday was the day of honoring you. 80 of my clients helped me get through the morning intently listening the stories about a very special lady who inspired me to be the best that I can be. Miss you!
Kimberly
September 11, 2014
Thinking of you and praying for your loved ones.
marc
September 11, 2014
13 years. Hard to imagine. I still miss you.
Cathleen Noble Woodside
September 11, 2014
Thinking of Mary today. I attended SHM with her and remember her energy and embodiment of "the spirit of the heart". Praying that her family feels comforted on this date with beautiful memories of a life well lived.
July 4, 2014
Happy birthday Mary. A little late, but not forgotten. Love, Mom and Dad
November 5, 2013
It's good to hear that the Nunley's carousel has brought your family some comfort. When my brother and I were children our Aunt and Uncle were the caretakers at Nunley's and we rode the carousel many times. Glad to hear a horse is named after Mary.
Len Resto
September 12, 2013
Miss you, Mary. May you be at peace.
Nena
September 12, 2013
I had a dream a week ago about coming to WTC for an interview and the interviewer handed me a book about your life. I felt you around me the entire week prior to yesterday. I still miss you!!!
Kimberly
September 11, 2013
You and your family are in my prayers, today and always.
September 11, 2013
This past weekend you were in our hearts as we shared memories of you at the 50th Jubilee of Sacred Heart of Mary H.S. in Rolling Meadows, IL. As one of your teachers there, I am proud of your accomplishments and grateful for your inspiration. Many of us remembered that you always wore your SHM class ring and are planning to get ours re-sized to wear again in your honor. I was in the Class of 1967 and will wear mine for you. They say your ring was never recovered from the site. Your family and friends will remember you always. As a consultant I often worked in NYC and could have been with you that sad day, but will always be with you in the spirit of the Heart.
Laura Hiller
September 11, 2013
Dear Mary,
I miss our friendship and think of you often. I feel your spirit and am grateful to have your presence. I pray that your family is at peace. Love you.
Mary Quinn Tripp
September 11, 2013
I always think of you on this day and memories of when we were at SHM, keeping your family in my prayers.
marc
June 15, 2013
A day late and a dollar short, as usual, dear. Happy (belated) birthday.
Nena
June 14, 2013
Remembering your birthday today!!!!! Always in my thoughts and prayers.
Lila Ashear
September 13, 2012
My thoughts were with you, Marc and the kids on the 11th. Peace to the Lenz and Wieman families.
Nena Stojcic
September 13, 2012
Continuing to gain strength whenever I face a difficulty and think of you. Little bit that you thought me helped me tremendously. Wish we had more time together. Love you.
Len Resto
September 12, 2012
Mary,
There were so many people on Legacy.com yesterday that the site actually crashed. Wanted to let you know that I thought a lot about you yesterday and miss you dearly. I am in a new job and I wish I had half your property expertise to tap into. May you be at peace. Until we meet again,
Len
Mary Kay Knorr
September 11, 2012
It is 11 years today and my thoughts are with you and your family! My sister is Karen(Claude ) Wieman , thoughts and prayers to Marc and family !
Kimberly
September 11, 2012
You are missed. Your family remains in my thoughts and prayers.
Lionel P Lenz
September 11, 2012
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Marc
September 11, 2012
Another year, Mary. I love you.
Nena Stojcic
June 14, 2012
Thinking of you!!!! I still miss you!!!
Mitchell Gardner
September 13, 2011
Marc,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family , despite these many years apart as boyhood friends.
Mitchell Gardner
Leonard Resto
September 11, 2011
Mary, I can't believe 10 years have gone by since our fun times at Aon. I think of you often and miss you deeply May God grant you eternal peace.
Pat Duus
September 11, 2011
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Roger Sweeney
September 11, 2011
Mary was an absolute delight and an outstanding broker. I worked with Mary for many years on a very large, complex account and Mary had the talent, contacts and drive to play a major role in maintaining the account: the client wanted her sign off on renewals and called me immediately on 9/11 to find out if Mary was OK. i'm retired now; but still communicate with client and Mary always comes up in our conversations.
We all thought the world of her: funny, quick wit, friendly, tenacious, hard worker, complete integrity, loyal, loved her work and liked to socialize with her co-workers. Bermuda business trips became fun trips if Mary was there. Ed Magliaro and Gary Marchitello thought the world of her. And she delighted in keeping me informed of her family and put up with my being a Sox, Bruins,Patriots, Celtics fan. My thoughts are with her family today.
On of the good ones, taken far to early; gone but not forgotten.
Mary Beth McCabe
September 11, 2011
Your candle went out too soon, but your legacy remains. We treasure the memories and know you're in our hearts, from SHM to U of D and further.
Kimberly
September 11, 2011
Thinking of your boundless energy and great sense of humor always makes me smile. Your family remains in my thoughts and prayers.
Marc Wieman
September 11, 2011
10 years. The blink of an eye. A lifetime. We all miss you, we all love you.
Love, Marc, Chris, Al & MJ
Cheryl Lenz
September 10, 2011
Ten years have passed, yet I still remember your laugh as if I heard it yesterday. You brought so much happiness and love to those around you. You live on through your beautiful three children. You would be so proud of them now.
We all miss you, Mary.
Susan White
September 10, 2011
I remember the joy in your face as we spoke at the last SHM Class Reunion. You loved to dance, to sing, to ski! Most of all you loved people!
You stood tall with a smile, and would know the right thing to say at the right time to make peace when others got angry or nasty.
I know you will be singing and dancing from above, celebrating all who survived and all who joined you in the world of grace.
Lila Ashear
September 7, 2011
Our thoughts are with all of those who loved and cared for you, Mary. We know you are missed every single day.
Nena Stojcic
September 7, 2011
Continue to think of you and talk about you. If I only had a chance to tell you how much you positively affected my life!!!
Rosie Karmik Fujita
September 6, 2011
I went to school with Mary at SHM. Last time I saw her was at our last class reunion. She loved New York and the twin towers where she worked. She just loved her life and life itself.
Your spirit lives on in so many people, am proud to have known you and will never forget you!
Obie OBrien
June 18, 2011
It's still painful many years later. You are missed so much by so many. I miss your smiling face and your laugh and think of you often.
Kate
June 17, 2011
I didn't know you Mary, or anyone else who perished on that fateful day. I am just a fellow Long Islander who wants your family and friends to know that there are those of us who will never forget and continue to feel the pain of their losses. Every anniversary I listen to all the names of those lost being read as a way to pay my respect and each year I am more moved than the one before. May God bless you and your loved ones.
Nena Stojcic
June 15, 2011
Thought of you yesterday. Found a picture of you and the girls and stared at it for some time. Miss you often!!!!
June 14, 2011
Happy 53rd birthday, dear. You are still missed.
marc
Len Resto
September 11, 2010
Miss you, Mary, and think of you often. What a lot of good times we had working for our clients. You are missed. May you be at peace.
Lila Ashear
September 11, 2010
Thinking of Marc and your children today. I never met you and I had not seen Marc in years when I heard where you were that fateful day. Now I think of you often and imagine what a joy filled life you led and how much your family misses you now that you are gone. To your family and friends, may the memory of Mary fill your hearts with love and peace.
Kimberly
September 11, 2010
Thinking of you and your family today. I still smile when I think of you dancing at the RIMS conference.
Nena
September 11, 2010
Thinking of you on this day. Thinking of you often. Dreaming of you. Thank you for still coming to visit me and giving me the strength to go on.
June 14, 2010
Happy Birthday, Mary. God Bless us, everyone.
September 11, 2009
Thinking of you on this day.
snezana stojcic
September 11, 2009
I still terribly miss you!!!!My life has not been the same since your departure. I have dreams of you and they always take place in the office. What a wonderful time we had!!!
Leonard Resto
September 11, 2009
Mary, thinking of you today. You were a peacemaker. Dan and I are still best of friends despite the day in Wheeling where we wanted to punch each other's lights out! LOL. I can't even remember what the argument was about; but, I remember what you did:
You were driving the rental car and you just said: "boys, boys, I'm not moving this car until you shake hands and say you're sorry to each other". We did and it makes for a funny memory..one that springs into my mind often.
May you be at peace. Miss you!
Len Resto
September 11, 2009
8 years and another Wiem-fest approaches. Think of you and miss you at every family function.
September 11, 2009
8 years. Our youngest started high school. Love you and miss you.
marc
Doug Abraham
June 15, 2009
Happy Birthday!!!
June 14, 2009
Happy Birthday, Mary. You missed a great party for MJ's 8th grade graduation. The weather held, of course, but we know who was responsible for that. :-)
Victoria She
May 8, 2009
it's not an anniverary or birthday but Taryn is here with me and you would have loved her to pieces. Alison is taking her under her wing as her bff and MJ is as loving toward her as you would have been. Your godson grows into a handsome young man and Tyler is... Tyler. Miss you.
marc
September 11, 2008
7 years, who could believe it? you are missing another Wiemfest, dear. Put on your dancing shoes in heaven, we miss you.
love, marc
Cheryl Lenz
September 10, 2008
As the 7th anniversary approaches, I still think of you every day. Your son, Christopher, is growing into a handsome young man, and your daughters, Alison and Mary Julia, are beautiful: one captures your spirit; the other, your beauty. Your husband, Marc, truly has done a wonderful job. You would be proud of all of them. You and your family are always in my prayers.
Love,
Cheryl
john stanley
August 29, 2008
Marc - think about you each and every day. You are to be admired as most of us can not fathom what you have endured. By the way, she would have used the BIG 50 for a huge blowout!
Stosh
Alanna/ Jillian
August 5, 2008
We didn't know you but Were sure MJ loved you alot and We are awful sorry.
marc Wieman
June 16, 2008
We had a great time celebrating your birthday this weekend. You would have been 50. We can't decide if you would have ignored the milestone and never admit you were 50, or would have used it as an excuse for a world class blowout. More likely the latter. I think.
Doug Abraham
June 15, 2008
Happy Birthday!!!
MJ Wieman
May 11, 2008
hi i just made my confirmation, wish you were here. <3
joe raftis
May 4, 2008
I was given an American Flag that has a yellow ribbon and Mary's name on it that I fly spring,summer, and fall. I have read some of the notes and am touched to know that this flag carries a memorial in memory of such a great woman! Gods Blessings and Stregnth! Matthew 5: 1-12
Ed Collins
February 15, 2008
Dear Marc & Family,
It has only come to my attention recently of the painful loss of Mary. My heart goes out to the entire Wieman & Lenz families.
Love Ed Collins
David Heard
September 12, 2007
Remember Mary with great fondness particularly evening with her, Marc and Garry Marchitello in NYC
LOL
DGH
Marc Wieman
September 11, 2007
I want to thank everyone who has posted here for 6 years of thoughts and prayers. They are muchly appreciated. 6 years? Could it be that long? Love you, Mary
Marc
Kimberly Beute (Koster)
September 11, 2007
You and your family remain in my thoughts and prayers.
Marc
June 15, 2007
Happy Birthday, a day late. Did you get the balloons we sent?
P Tabbernor
April 18, 2007
In memory....
daughter
February 5, 2007
I love you mom. Your always in my heart and i will always remember you. Miss you forever. <3 <3
Scott Newman
September 12, 2006
Hard to believe it's been 5 years. My favorite image of Mary is when she attended a Christmas party for one of her clients (me and some others). After finishing her cosmopolitan, she stood up and announced that she was bored and was leaving. That was Mary...always telling you what was on her mind. I miss that straightforwardness...it was delightfully refreshing.
Cheryl and Tom Lenz
September 11, 2006
Dear Mary,
Your strength and determination, beauty and grace live on in your children. Marc is doing a good job with them. You would be proud of all of them. We miss your laughter and smile. We hold you and your children close to our hearts.
Love, Tom and Cheryl
john stanley
September 11, 2006
I met Mary while we were at the University of Dayton. Her husband Marc and I were roommates. A more special smile you have never seen, nor a woman who loved her husband and children. We attended each others weddings and we still proudly display the crossstitch that Mary laboriously sewed for our special day.
Gone from here but never in our hearts and minds.
John and Barb Stanley
Jim Burns
September 11, 2006
Mary, please keep watching over your family, and give them the comfort that one day they will all see you again in Heaven.
lionel lenz
September 11, 2006
Dear Mary, We miss you every day and life is not quite the same without you. No more phone calls or visits.You are always in our hearts.
love, mon and dad
Kimberly Beute (Koster)
September 11, 2006
I was once a client, but you made me a friend. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Leonard Resto
September 7, 2006
Mary, you are missed by so many. May you be at peace.
Len Resto
September 11, 2005
Mary,
Think of you often and the good times we had. I've told the story of our visit to Wheeling, WV where you played peace maker between me and Dan. It's really funny looking back now. Thanks for being part of my life. You and your family are in my thoughts this day and always.
Peace,
Len
Carol Lenz
September 10, 2005
Mary, you are always in my prayers along with Marc, Chris, Alison and MJ. I miss you, as do Lionel and Katie. Tomorrow will be a sad day for all. Peace.
Nena
April 7, 2005
Had a dream about you the other night. Thank you for visiting me.
You are always in my thoughts.
September 11, 2004
I went to high school with Mary and worked with her at Marshall Fields during high school. Its hard to believe that such a wonderful life was lost three years ago today.
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