DORGAN, MARY R.

A mass of Christian burial was performed Feb. 16 at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Lancaster, Pa., for Mary R. Dorgan, 84, of Lancaster. She passed away Feb. 9 at her residence. Born in Hoboken, she was the daughter of the late William and May (Miller) Mullins. Mary was the wife of the late William ‘Bill’ J. Dorgan, who passed away January 2006. Mary was a 1946 graduate of Demarest High School in Hoboken. She attended St. Joseph’s Grade School, also in Hoboken. She worked as an executive secretary for General Foods, Maxwell House Division and the U.S. Testing Company, both located in Hoboken. Mary took great pride in taking care of her customers at her most recent position as a sales associate for Watt n Shand’s Department Store.
In her younger years, she was involved with local theatre in the Hoboken/Jersey City area where she met the love of her life, her husband, Bill. Before she was married, she liked to travel, especially to Florida, Cuba and Canada, and enoyed riding horses in upstate New York. Mary was very close to her family, her Catholic faith and was a great wife and mother. Mary is survived by her two sons, Joseph G. Dorgan and William G. Dorgan both of Lancaster, Pa. She was preceded in death by her three brothers, Edward, William and Harold Mullins. Services arranged by the Charles F. Snyder Funeral Homes and Crematory, Lititz, Pa.

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