Mary E. Giamartino

1955 - 2025

Mary Elizabeth Susan (Garry) Giamartino, 69, of Wildwood Acres Road in Newfane, VT passed away unexpectedly at her home on Friday, August 22, 2025.

Mary was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1955, the eldest daughter of Eugene Benedict Garry and Elizabeth Susan Doonan (Garry, Parsons). She lived in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn and attended the Holy Cross Academy in Manhattan on scholarship.

After graduating from Milford High School as the Valedictorian, she continued her academic journey at Union's Albany School of Pharmacy. She received a full scholarship, graduated with high honors, was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and was selected as one of five students nationally for a prestigious internship at Hoffman La Roche. Mary was accepted to Dartmouth Medical School, however, she opted to settle in Brattleboro, Vermont and start a business in 1982, The Hotel Pharmacy, with her husband Frank Giamartino. She served as the Chief Pharmacist at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital for several years and then helped run the business while raising their sons.

She was a NYC girl who embraced Vermont, the community of Brattleboro and Newfane as her home for more than 40 years. She created a life filled with music, laughter, food, family and friends complete with a wood stove in the kitchen, a rock wall and butcher block - early DIY projects. Her home in Newfane was a neighborhood hub for sledding in the winter, swimming in the summer and get togethers all the time. She started a garden, took her children berry picking, learned how to make pies and enjoyed cross country skiing, cycling, swimming and dancing. She was unstoppable on the dance floor from classic waltz to disco! Mary and her family loved baseball from local little league to their favorite team, the NY Mets.

Mary was an incredible host for her family and friends near and far. She loved organizing holiday gatherings, parties, dinners and events, cooking and baking. There was always another seat at the table or space to stay. She enjoyed traveling with her family to historical sites and baseball games in the US, exploring Italy together and visiting family in Puerto Rico. She always showed up near and far to celebrate a wedding, birthday, graduation or major life event.

She was incredibly generous, supportive, engaging, funny, fierce, high energy, outgoing and direct. You can take the girl out of NY but not the NY out of the girl! She was an intense champion for those she loved, went all-in to help out and drove all over New England to attend her sons' soccer and baseball games with snacks for everyone. She was a devoted mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend who was there for people when they needed support.

David Brown shared the last decade of life with Mary. It was full of travel, Prague, Dublin, Budapest, Vienna, Istanbul, Sicily, Iceland and local spots in New England, books, discovering new restaurants, reading the NY times and trying out recipes and visiting friends and family. This was a time of love, peace and calm after enduring devastating loss.

She is predeceased by her husband Francis (Frank) Gerard Anthony Giamartino and their son Nicholas James Eugene Giamartino. She is survived by her son Vincent Garry Patrick Giamartino and his wife Emma and her granddaughters, Francesca and Eva, her partner David Brown, her mother Elizabeth Garry Parsons, brothers Eugene Garry and his wife Ruth, and Francis Garry and his wife Donna and sister Monica Garry and her husband Matteo and nieces and nephews Shannon, Caitlin, Brennen, Garrett, August, Matthew, Suzy, Alexandra, Juliet Tina, Jacob, Lorenzo, Sofia and many dear relatives.

Friends and family may call at the Atamaniuk Funeral Home on Friday, Sept. 5th from 4-6 p.m.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted Saturday, Sept. 6th at 11:00 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church with a celebration immediately following at The Marina, 28 Spring Tree Road in Brattleboro.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Nicholas Giamartino Scholarship Fund, c/o WSESU, 53 Green Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301, attn: Jean Gilbert.

To share a memory or offer condolences to Mary's family, please visit www.atamaniuk.com.