WELLSVILLE - Mary Lou Hennessy, 91, formerly of Amity Lake
passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Manor Hills in Wellsville with
her family at her side, and where she received such loving and compassionate
care. She was born February 13, 1927 in Wellsville the daughter of the late,
Herbert E. and Helen M. (King) Brundage. On August 20, 1949 in St. Mary's
Church in Bolivar she married John J. Hennessy who predeceased her on December
27, 2012.
Mary Lou cherished her family and was a devoted wife and
mother. She was a woman of deep faith, found the good in everyone, and always
put others before her. Throughout her 63 years of marriage to Jack, she was
integral to his success hosting business clients both domestically and internationally.
She was a strong woman who helped keep her family together, hosting reunions
and Christmas Eve parties, and putting so much love, care, and detail into
everything she did. She is survived by two sons, John (Christine) Hennessy, and
Thomas (Kendra) Hennessy, three
daughters, Margaret (Lyle) Nye, Mary (Joseph) Smullin, and Patricia (James)
Sanford, 14 grandchildren, John (Malancha) Hennessy, Gregory, and Peter
Hennessy, Sarah, Samantha, and Shea Hennessy, Nicole, Jessica, Marissa, and
Kathryn Nye, Joshua Smullin, and Kelsey (Alyssa) Smullin, Andrew, and Shannon
Sanford, a brother, Richard (Shirley) Brundage, brothers and sisters-in-law,
Mary Ellen (Richard) Brunell, Cathleen (Frank) Linnecke, Thomas (Mary)
Hennessy, and Agnes (Thomas) Brush, as well as several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased in addition to her parents, and husband,
by two brothers, Donald, and Herbert Brundage, a sister, Barbara Shaner,
brothers and sisters-in-law, Elizabeth (James) Searle, William (Corinne)
Hennessy, and James (Mary Ellen) Hennessy.
Friends are invited to call on Friday, December 28, 2018
from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the J. W. Embser Sons Funeral Home Inc in Wellsville.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, December 29, at
11:00 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception Church in Wellsville. Burial will be in
Sacred Heart Cemetery. Please consider memorial donations to the Hart Comfort
House, or the Alzheimer's Association. To leave online condolences, please
visit www.embserfuneralhome.com.
