Obituary of Mary Alice Browne
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Passed away on January 28. 2023;
Beloved wife of the late Martin Browne;
dear mother of M. Joseph (Sue),
Raymond, Gary (Kim), Mary Alice
(Rick) Recktenwald, Terence (Colleen),
Patricia (Bruce) Smith, Jill (Stuart) Holt,
Sean (Amy), Don (Melissa) and the
late Ned Browne; loving grandmother
of 15 grandchildren; Sister of the
late Edward, Raymond & Richard
McNamara. Sister-in-law of Catherine
Downs. Friends and family are
invited to a Mass of Christian Burial
on Thursday at 12:00 Noon at Nativity
of Our Lord Church in Orchard Park,
NY. The burial will follow the Mass at
Nativity Cemetery. Mrs. Browne was a
Graduate of D’Youville College with a
Masters in secondary education. She
was a Latin teacher at Nichols School
and Clarence Central School District,
religious education teacher at Nativity
of Our Lord Church and a longtime
volunteer at Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society, St. Vincent de Paul, Theodore
Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic
Site & the American Red Cross. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be sent
to St. Jude Children’s Hospital and or
Roswell Park Institute.
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