Mary B.

Conaty

Mary Conaty, 79, died January 28, 2018, with her family by her side.

Born in 1938 to Anne and James Rooney in the countryside of County Leitrim Ireland, Mary emigrated to the United States when she was just 19 years old. As a young woman working and living in Manhattan, she enjoyed every minute of what New York City had to offer. It was there she met her husband, Terry, and started a family. They later moved to Long Island where they raised their five children.

Mary's interests included family, traveling, shopping, and all things related to her native Ireland. She loved spending her summers in the west of Ireland with her family. She was an active member of the East Hampton Irish-American Club as well as her church, Most Holy Trinity in East Hampton. When she wasn't traveling, she could be found at daily coffee gatherings at the Golden Pear with her friends and neighbors of 20-plus years.

She is survived by her husband, Terence Conaty, of East Hampton, NY, as well as her five children and their spouses: Carmel Conaty, of Severna Park, MD; Tricia Conaty and Sean Fujimoto of San Diego, CA; Siobhan Conaty and James Kling of Wynnewood, PA; Terence Conaty of Nashville, TN; and Kieran and Savannah Conaty of Edgewater, MD.

A devoted grandmother, Mary adored her six grandchildren; Seamus and Maeve Drury, Heath Fujimoto, Rhys and Nuala Kling and Kalleigh Conaty, and spent much of her time caring for and spoiling them.

Her siblings include Terence Rooney of Sligo, Ireland; Seamus Rooney of Fairfield, CT; Anne O'Brien of Eastbourne, England; Kathleen Egan of Sligo, Ireland; Helen Barton of Bronx, NY (deceased); and Michael Rooney of Wappinger Falls, NY.

Visitation: Thursday, Feb. 1, 6-8 p.m., Yardley & Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton.

Funeral: Friday, Feb. 2, 10:30 a.m., Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, East Hampton.

Internment: Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery, East Hampton.

Memorial donations: In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to The Angel Fuel Fund, care of Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 57 Buell Lane, East Hampton.