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Life is often the process of maintaining poise: finding happiness during debilitating illness, preserving faith despite loss, and never forgetting to love those who matter most: friends and family. Some in life never manage this. And then there are people like Mary Lindsay who mastered it. But what else would you expect from a woman who, as a teen-aged, roller-skating, dancer learned that life is, if anything, about balance.

Mary Hoey was born in 1932, grew up in Jamaica, Queens, NY and attended Andrew Jackson High School and Berkley Business School. When she was 23, she married George Lindsay and together they raised five children.

While a large family may tax the grace and resolve of many, Mary capably took on so much more. True to her family as always, Mary served as legal guardian of her sister, Martha, after her father died in 1985.

When George passed away in 1984, she picked up the pieces. She took a job with Grumman and developed a network of work friends. After retirement, this group continued to meet regularly for events and trips. More importantly, one of these friendships blossomed into a long term relationship with John Mathews. For 25 years, she and John dated until John's death in 2013.

In 1996, she was diagnosed with Parkinson's but, for many years, she continued to travel, dance, host, and attend family holidays and gatherings. Mary loved to be with family and friends, whether at home or traveling. Mary cherished her extended Hoey and Lindsay family and friends. The latest addition to her family was born in her last week: Mary's 2nd great-grandchild.

Eventually, though, progressive Parkinson's led to the inability to walk and care her herself. She got wheels again - this time being wheelchair dependent for over 10 years.

Luckily, John and Mary's cousins were there, along with in-home help, to assist her in staying in the Long Island home she and George purchased new. Mary managed her illness stoically. In fact, throughout her life, Mary never lost her desire to socialize or display a little sassiness.

She was a dedicated wife, mother, mother-in-law, cousin, grandmother and sister. Mary was also a woman of great faith as well -- a parishioner of the same Roman Catholic church for 50 years. She will be missed.