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MARY CROWTHER Obituary

CROWTHER, Mary Elizabeth (Donovan) Age 92, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family, on September 27, 2025. Visiting Hours will be held on Friday, October 3, 2025, from 9:30 AM–11:30 AM, at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster St., MELROSE, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary's Church, 4 Herbert St., Melrose, at 12:00 PM. Interment will follow at Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. For full obituary and photo, please visit www.gatelyfh.com Complete notice to appear on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. Gately Funeral Home 781-665-1949 www.gatelyfh.com

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Published by Boston Globe from Sep. 30 to Oct. 1, 2025.

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Judith Wraga

October 1, 2025

To the CROWTHER Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with you. My parents Bill and Betty Donovan thought the world of Mary, she was a kind woman who gave my parents many years of great friendship.
Sincerely,
Judy (Donovan) Wraga.

Lorraine Smart

October 1, 2025

Mary was a kind and caring person who shall be very much missed. I'm grateful to have known her, and my prayers are with her family and loved ones.

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Memorial Events
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Oct

3

Visitation

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Gately Funeral Home

79 W. Foster St., Melrose, MA 02176

Oct

3

Mass of Christian Burial

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Saint Mary's Church

Herbert St., Melrose, MA 02176

Oct

3

Interment

1:15 p.m.

Wyoming Cemetery

205 Sylvan Street, Melrose, MA 02176

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Gately Funeral Home - Melrose

79 West Foster Street, Melrose, MA 02176

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