Alumni Posts, History Mystery
Today’s History Mystery; Mary Carolyn Carlisle, Class of 1956
Mary Carolyn Carlisle married Fred Massch, Jr., both graduates of Sayville High class of 1956.
In 1966, she had three sons and two daughters.
In 1981 she was a member of the class of 1956 reunion committee.
Mary’s mother was Helen Carlisle of Oakdale.
Mary passed away in 2006 of cancer.
Questions;
Date and place of birth?
Date and place of death?
If buried, where?
Hal Gordon Brown
Posted at 15:08h, 29 DecemberThis History Mystery has been 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. She 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.