Mary Flahardy (born Seely)
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Gender: Female
Date of Birth: August 6, 1920
Date of Death: March 23, 2002
Birth Place: Shawneetown, IL
Death Place: Evansville, IN
Mary Flahardy
Mary Flahardy, 81, of 196 E. Roosevelt St., Shawneetown, died 3:19 a.m. Saturday, March 23, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
Services were held 1 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2002, at the Shawneetown Church of God with the Rev. Richard Holt officiating. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery in Shawneetown. Visitation was 11 a.m. to service time Monday at the church. Vickery Funeral Chapel in Shawneetown is in charge of the arrangements.
She was born August 6, 1920 in Shawneetown, daughter of the late George and Lily (Thomas) Seely. On March 5, 1949, she married George Flahardy, who survives.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Shawneetown Church of God.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Norma (Wayne) Jones of Shawneetown, Bertie Brooks of Fairfield, Becky (Johnnie) Christian of Holly Grove, Ark., Roberta Thompson of Equality; seven sons, Gary Flahardy and Lawrence Martin, both of Shawneetown; Monty (Twilla) Flahardy of Shawneetown, Danny (Linda) Martin of Sesser, Mike (Judy) Flahardy of West Frankfort, Rex (Scarlet) Flahardy of Harrisburg, and Clifford (Lynn) Flahardy of Germany; four sisters, Ailene Brooks of Shawneetown, Margaret Butts of Eldorado, Betty Rings of Stoveia, and Lolene “Bill” Williams of Shawneetown; 30 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Mary Lou Martin, two sisters, Dorothy Gordon and Barbara Sparrow, and three brothers, Tom, John, and Harry Seely.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to the Church of God Orphans Fund because Mary always gave $1 to $3 a week to the Orphans Fund.
Published in the Harrisburg Daily Register (IL) – Monday, March 25, 2002
