Obituary - Mary Carmel Hickey

Hickey, Mary Carmel, age 86, of Smithtown, NY passed into eternal rest on Friday, July 27,2012.

Born April 7, 1926 in Ireland she was one of 12 children. She was predeceased by 5 brothers and 2 sisters. In Ireland, she married the late George Hickey and had the first 3 of her 6 children. They traveled from Ireland to Canada where their 4^th child was born, then to Queens,

New York where her last 2 children were born before settling in Smithtown, where she lived for the last 44 years.

She was predeceased by her husband, George Hickey and her daughter Jacinta Conway. She is survived by 3 sisters, Claire, Una and June, a brother Paul, her 5 remaining children Vivienne (Bob) Wong, Patrick Hickey, Brian (Stephanie) Hickey, Deirdre (George) Heinold and Terence Hickey and 6 grandchildren, Alex, Christopher, Brian, Marina, Thomas and Nicholas. Mary was an avid gardener, seamstress and knitter. She thoroughly enjoyed her yearly jaunts to Gurney’s and loved to travel to Ireland.

Her grandchildren loved to listen to her stories of Ireland. She was a former officer of the Dublin Society and missed marching in very few St. Patrick’s Day parades in the 53 years she lived in the U.S. She will be greatly missed by many who loved her.

Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick’s R C Church, Smithtown, NY 11787. Interment followed at St. Patrick’s Cemetery

Arrangements entrusted to the professional care of The Branch Funeral Home and Vigliante family 190 East Main St., Smithtown, L.I., N.Y. www.branchfh.com