Mary Imelda Menendez's Obituary
Mary Imelda Menendez (nee: McGaughey) of Tampa, Florida, died on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, one day shy of being 97 years old. Loving wife of the late Joseph Menendez; beloved daughter of the late Charles and Mary McGaughey; caring mother of Nancy (Denny) Holt, Denise (Kevin) Dwyer, Timothy (Cindy) Menendez, and Thomas (Holly) Menendez; kind "Nani" of Jennifer (Sam) Leoncini, Kristen (Geoffrey) Beane, Chris (Lindsey) Dwyer, MaryJo Dwyer, Annette Menendez, Stephanie (Winston) McMahon, Alicia Carpenter, Joseph, Matthew, Megan, and Nicholas Menendez; Dear great-grandmother of Myles and Brody Beane, Connor McMahon, and Hunter Carpenter. She is preceded in death by her siblings Charles and Dennis McGaughey, and Agnes Carson. Mary was a faithful member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, where she attended mass every day. She enjoyed arts and crafts, gardening, and was a member of the band at Rocky Creek retirement center. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School in Lutz, Florida.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School in Lutz, Florida. Catholic education was very important to Mary (Nani) and it always made her heart smile and her face light up with joy knowing that her great-grandsons, Myles and Brody, were receiving a Catholic education. https://payit.nelnet.net/form/qdOkv98y
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