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Mary Gylfe Obituary

Gylfe, Mary P. (nee O'Malley), 76, of Evanston, beloved wife of Carl, loving mother of Patricia, David and Suzanne, dear sister of Margaret (the late Robert) Lucas, Nancy (Patrick, M.D.) Staunton and the late John (Ann Marie) O'Malley, dear sister-in-law of Julie Gylfe, M.D., fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Sunday, 3 to 8 p.m., at Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 1571 Maple Ave., Evanston. Funeral Mass Monday, 11:30 a.m., at St. Mary Church, Lake St. and Oak Ave., Evanston. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, 1440 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607-9949. Funeral Info: 847-869-2900. Visit Guest Book at www.suntimes.com

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times from Aug. 24 to Aug. 25, 2002.

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Thea Grout

August 26, 2002

Suzanne,



I was sorry to hear about your mom. You are in my thoughts and prayers.



Sincerely,



Thea

Kristin Hellquist

August 26, 2002

PLease know my thoughts and prayers are with your family. Suz-I know how special your family is to you and how close you and your Mom were.... Please let me know what I can do and I just feel terrible that I was out-of-town and just learned today.



love, Kristin Hellquist

Harvey/Chuck Wolf/Hewitt

August 25, 2002

With love and prayers to all of the Gylfe family. Mary was gentle,kind and wonderfully supportive. We are grateful to have known her if only for a short time.

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