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Rosemary Foy obituary, Wilmington, DE

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Sep. 8, 2025

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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Rosemary Foy Obituary

Rosemary (McCormick) Foy, age 96, passed away, peacefully at her home in Wilmington, DE, on August 23, 2025, with her children by her side.

Survivors include her six children, Rosemary Johnsen (Martin), Nancy McCormick Foy (Paul Caldwell), James Foy (Noreen Quinn-Foy), Peter Foy, Lesley Garofalo (Peter), Laura Walker (Mark). Rosemary is also survived by twelve grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Arlene Foy; and many nieces and nephews and their families.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on September 8, 2025, at 11 a.m., from St. Ann's Catholic Church in Wilmington, DE. Interment and a Celebration of her Life will be held in October in Taberg, NY.

To read the full obituary or offer condolences, please visit www.dohertyfh.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Daily Sentinel from Aug. 29 to Sep. 6, 2025.

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Mass of Christian Burial

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

St. Ann Catholic Church

2013 Gilpin Ave, Wilmington, DE 19806

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