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Mary Brennan Lear

Mary Lear Obituary

Lear, Mary Brennan age 65, of Oak Park, loving mother of Michael B., Lear, dear sister of Clare (the late Stanley) Munat, Michael (Nancy) Brennan and the late Stephen Brennan, fond aunt of six. Visitation Wednesday, 3 to 9 p.m. at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St., Oak Park. Funeral Thursday, 9:15 a.m., to St. Catherine-St. Lucy Church, 38 N. Washington Blvd., Oak Park for Mass at 10 a.m. Private Interment South Bend, IN. Info., 708-383-3191. Visit our Guest Book at suntimes.com

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Jun. 18, 2002.

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Mary Ann Thrantell

June 20, 2002

June 19, 2002

Dear Mary,

Thank-you for the licence plate RIPMARY. I know you are thinking of the friends who will miss you. Love.

Annemarie Valenti

June 19, 2002

Dear Michael,

Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. Your mother was a delightful woman who inspired a true love of reading in all her students. My daughter Katie was in her 2nd grade class at St. Luke's a few years ago and still refers to what "Bear" said...an example..."Bear (Mrs. Lear) says that like is not an adjective" She truly left a mark.



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Mary Ann Thrantell

June 18, 2002

Dear Mary Lear, You are the only person I know who could answer the phone and cheer me up right away. I will miss you and how I wish you could have had the retirement you wanted. Mike will be OK because you raised him so well, and Mary, you can stop in once in a while and see what he is up to. I'll see you when I get to heaven. Peace.

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