It is with great sorrow that the family of Mary Elizabeth Lander McDermott are announcing her passing from our lives on September 20, 2022 after a short stay in Hospice Care in Macon Georgia.
Our mother was born April 28, 1927 in Quincy, Massachusetts to Charles Bernard Lander and Christy Ethel MacLean she graduated from the Woodard School in 1944 and attended Boston College for her studies in Accounting.
Mary was the devoted wife of Walter F, McDermott of 49 years whom predeceased her in 1996. Mary raised 4 children with her husband while working part-time as a bookkeeper at the McDermott Paint & Wallpaper store and then worked full-time at the Greenwich Health Department until her retirement in 1986. Mary was an avid Traveler of the United States and Europe.
Growing up her summers were found on Lake Winnipesaukee canoeing and kayaking as well as waterskiing and horseback riding. She was also an avid skier and could always be found on the mountain at Mount Snow and Haystack in Vermont or as well as Mount Zermatt in Switzerland. When she retired she spent her summers tending to her gardens, playing golf at the Griff Harris Golf Club, boating on Long Island Sound or going on a one-suitcase restriction train trip across Europe and an RV trip that took her to all of the National Parks in the United States. Her grandchildren all received a post card from all the parks she visited and all our refrigerators were covered with the momentous. During the winters she spent her time in the Dominican Republic helping the community raise funds a school for all the workers in her community and enjoying the bright sunny beaches where “there wasn’t a gray day”.
Mary is survived by Debra Kathryn McDermott Adkins (Richard) of Macon, GA and their sons Christopher (AL), Brian (CO), daughter Susan McDermott Conrod (Richard), CT and children Barbera Engelke and Brian (CT), Margaret Rafter (CA) and John R Rafter, lll Esq (CA) Elizabeth Jean McDermott (CT) and Walter F. McDermott lll (Suzanne) sons Walter IV (CO) and Matthew (VA) As well as 6 great-grandchildren.
Services will be private and, in lieu of flowers, please Honor our mother with a donation to the Alztimers Association www.alz.org/act
