Mary H. McCabe of Aquebogue died Sept. 6, 2019 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. She was 88 years old.
Born in Rochester, New York on April 30, 1931, she was the daughter of Harold and Hazel (Tuthill) Hudson.
Her family moved to the North Fork when she was a child and she grew up in Mattituck. She attended Mattituck public schools and graduated from Mattituck High School.
She married Charles F. McCabe and was a homemaker, raising a family of seven children.
Her family was her greatest joy in life. She enjoyed cooking and loved serving family meals. She also enjoyed boating in local waters with her husband. She was a congregant at St. John the Evangelist Church in Riverhead.
Predeceased by her husband of more than 50 years in 2007 and her son Kevin in 1984, she is survived by her children: Sean (Diane), Karen Firsenda (Dennis Walls), Colleen (Kris) Olsen, Sally (Rick) Nemschick, Terry (Leslie) and Tim (Jennifer Borrelli); by nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brother Jack Hudson.
The family will receive visitors on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Tuthill Mangano Funeral Home in Riverhead.
The Rev. Lawrence Duncklee will celebrate the Mass of Christian Burial at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church in Riverhead on Monday, Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978-7048