Mary Travers

June 24, 2015
Mary Isobel Dorgan Travers born 5 March 1929 in Bayside, Queens Long Island, New York, passed away on 24 June 2015 surrounded by family at her home in San Antonio, TX at the age of 86. Mary will be remembered for her devotion to family, her wonderful stories, her sense of humor, her ready friendship, and her deep faith. Mary and her husband Douglas N. Travers have seven children along with many beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Their children are: Margaret Lynn (Travers) Ferris and husband Walt Ferris who have five children; Joseph Douglas Travers and wife Elaine; Susan Mary Travers who has three daughters; Judy Ann (Travers) Cooley who has two children; David Anthony Travers and wife Cindy who have two children; Roderick Neal Travers and wife Lori who have two daughters; and Roy Michael Travers and wife Annette who have two daughters. Mary had one sister, Margaret Ann Dorgan, born 1931. They were the children of Joseph Vincent Dorgan (1894 - 1945), and Margaret Isobel Geoghegan (1895 - 1988), both of New York City. Mary is the niece of the 1920s well-known Hearst system sports cartoonist "TAD" Dorgan, an older brother of her father. She married in Sacred Heart Parish, Bayside, on 23 September 1950, Douglas Neal Travers of San Antonio where they lived after June 1951. She was a member of St. Dominick's Parish in San Antonio, and served as a professional writer for the Oblate School of Theology of San Antonio. She was the author of three Oblate commissioned books as biographies, one television script aired on the Catholic channel in 1979, and other published works. She is also co-editor of her father's published daily diary of WWOne Sub-Chaser 338 operations in the Mediterranean, published in 1997. Mary graduated from Bayside High School in January 1947 and attended St. Joseph's College for Women in Brooklyn, New York and Fordham Univ. in Manhattan. After moving to San Antonio she attended San Antonio College, and later Incarnate Word College in San Antonio. She obtained her B.A. degree in English in 1978, and an M.A. degree in 1985 from UTSA, where she taught English Composition. Mary's grandparents and paternal and maternal ancestors were born in Ireland, Dorgan in Co. Cork, Geoghegan in Co. Offaly. Visitation will begin on Monday, June 29, at 6:00 PM with the Rosary to be recited at 7:00 PM at the Angelus Chapel. Funeral mass will be offered on Tuesday, June 30, at 10:00 AM at St. Dominic Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Mission Burial Park. Memorial donations may be made to the Oblate School of Theology, 285 Oblate Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78216-6693. Condolences may be sent to the Travers family at www.theangelusfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: