The mystery was solved courtesy of Mary’s brother Stephen Carlisle (SHS Class of 1959). Thank you, Stephen!
Mary was born in Minneapolis, MN on October 30th, 1938, and moved with her family to Oakdale in 1942. She graduated from Sayville High in 1956. She had an older sister, Nancy (class of ’54), and a younger brother, Stephen, (class of ’59). She and Fred Maasch married in 1956 and had three sons and two daughters. The couple divorced about 1984.
Mary later married Ed Schwaner (Sayville High Class of ’52). After a fifteen-year battle with breast cancer, Mary died peacefully at their home in Bayport on June 17th, 2000. Mary is buried in Washington Memorial Park in Mt. Sinai.
