Mary Louise Mccarthy

Mary Louise Brown McCarthy was born January 2, 1936 to Henry and Athalene Brown in Cuba, NY, She was the youngest of 8 children.

She attended Meyers Memorial Hospital Nursing School in Buffalo, NY and received her Registered Nurse license. While at Nursing School, through a fellow nursing student who grew up with Edward McCarthy (from Blasdell, NY), who was in the Air Force stationed in Oklahoma, she and Ed began exchanging letters. Their first date was a hot dog roast in the Cuba, NY town square followed by the Lucille Ball movie, "The Long, Long Trailer" at the drive-in in Olean, NY.

Mary and Ed continued exchanging letters and dating when Ed was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. When he got his re-enlistment orders, he selected George Air Force Base in Victorville, CA. Mary and Ed were married on April 27, 1957 in Cuba, NY. For their honeymoon they drove across country to Victorville, CA. Ed was re-stationed to Norton Air Force Base in a civil service position and the couple moved to San Bernardino, CA. Mary resumed her nursing career at San Bernardino County Hospital, and later in her nursing career, Loma Linda Medical Center, In 1974, the family moved from San Bernardino to Mentone, CA.

Mary and Ed enjoyed traveling, both as a family and a couple. They took 16 cruises and saw a lot of the world.

Mary had 4 knee replacement surgeries and in June 2018 was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and had a Mastectomy, She went on Hospice Care August 2024. Mary died at home on August 1, 2025, peacefully in her sleep. She was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings: Jim, Hank, Bill, Bessie, Tillie, Eva, and Jean. She is survived by her husband (Ed McCarthy), two children: Brenda McCarthy, Keith McCarthy (Pam), and two grandchildren (Kiernan McCarthy, Kallie McCarthy).