Mary T. Bryan

DEDHAM — Mary T. (Dawley) Bryan died on June 10, 2008.

She was the loving wife of the late Dr. James E. Bryan, DDS, formerly of Rochester, N.Y., and Centerville; beloved mother of Mary Gail Bryan of Naples, Fla., James E. Bryan and Cynthia of Tyngsboro, Thomas J. Bryan and Mariusz Nawratil of Washington D.C., Kathleen A. Bryan of Norwood, Ruth J. and Eileen M. Bryan of Dedham; loving grandmother of Christine H. Bryan, Julie A. Bryan, Margaret D. Bryan and Maura E. Bryan; daughter of the late James F. Dawley and Mary Colbert Dawley of Melrose; and loving sister of Walter Dawley of Yarmouthport, John P. Dawley of Naples, Fla., and Sisters Ruth and Jane Dawley of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. She is also survived by Jan Dawley, Susan Dawley, Nancye Dawley, Ann Dawley, Frances B. Clark, Betty Ann Bryan, Robert Bryan, Suzanne Bryan and Nancy B. Vernon. She was predeceased by her three brothers, James F. Dawley, Joseph P. Dawley and Robert Dawley of Andover.

Mary was born and raised in Melrose. She attended St. John's Hospital School of Nursing in Lowell. She was a nurse at Boston City Hospital, where she met her future husband. Mary was the first woman selected to the board of directors of the Catholic Charities in Rochester, N.Y. She was a 10 year survivor of ovarian cancer.

Funeral will be from the P.E. Murray-George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 2000 Centre St., West Roxbury, on Friday at 9:30 a.m. Funeral Mass will be in the Holy Name Church, West Roxbury, at 10:30 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Interment is in Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne at 3 p.m. Visiting hours are on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Mary's name may be made to Catholic TV, PO Box 9196, 34 Chestnut St., Watertown, MA 02471; or to Ovarian Cancer Education Awareness Network (OCEAN), at Mass General Hospital Development Office, 165 Cambridge St., Suite 600, Boston, MA 02114.

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