Mary Catherine Mulholland

Mary lived most of her childhood in Barberton, Ohio, and was a 1947 graduate of Barberton High School. She moved to Mayville, N.Y., and was employed until 1949 as a stenographer at the Chautauqua County Welfare Department. She also was employed as a cook and matron at the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department from 1968-82. Mary moved to the retirement home of St. Columban’s on the Lake in Silver Creek in 2013.

She married James A. Mulholland on Sept. 18, 1948 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Mayville, N.Y. They moved to Dewittville, where she and Jim resided and managed their home and farm with their five children.

Mary was a devote member of the Catholic Church her entire life, a eucharistic minister, a member of the Altar and Rosary Society and Fifty Plus Group, and she dedicated many hours a week in the church office. She volunteered for various functions of the church in Mayville, and at St. Columban’s Chapel in Silver Creek.

Surviving are her children: Jane (Frederick) Peterson, Akron, Ohio, Joan (Peter) Kunow, Westfield, N.Y., Timothy (Belinda) Mulholland, Dewittville, N.Y., and Catherine (Donald) Eaton, Spencerport, N.Y.; 10 grandchildren: Julie, Shawn, Nigel, Jeremy, Timothy, Michael, Alex, Troy, Andrew and Jordan; 13 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her parents and siblings, Mary was predeceased by her husband in 2011; son, Mark in 1974; and daughter, Kathleen in 1949.

Mary’s family will welcome friends and family on Friday, July 15, 2022, at 11 a.m. for a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, 165 Central Ave., Silver Creek, N.Y. A private burial will be held at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to St. Columban’s on the Lake, 2546 Lake Road, Silver Creek, NY 14136 or a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements have been completed through Hole-Parker Funeral Chapel in Silver Creek.

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