My mother remembered

Mary McShane 7 December 1938 - 7 June 2025

Mary O’Hare, aged 13

My mother Mary died just over two weeks ago, peacefully in her bed, her dog Rosie by her side. She was 86 years old and had lived a mostly happy life.

Her final wishes included an instruction that my sister Wendy and I conducted her funeral service. Our mother was not a woman you disobeyed, even in death, so on Friday 20 June that is…