WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Mary E. O’Donnell “Gram,” 98, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at Charles W. Gerstenberg Hospice Center, West Palm Beach, Fla. She was born in 1913, in Brewer, daughter of Kate Lanigan Jamieson and Jack Jamieson.
Mary grew up in Maine, and met and married the love of her life, Raymond Michael O’Donnell “Ray,” in 1933. Together, she and her husband raised a family in Maine, and then moved to West Palm Beach, Fla., in the 1950s. Mary and her husband started Ray O’Donnell, Interiors in 1953, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mary was a part of the daily operations for the entire time up until they closed in 2008. Mary was an avid angler with her husband, Ray, spending much time in the Bahamas on the Chaos IV. She was a past member of Sailfish Club of Palm Beach, Fla. Most of all, Mary enjoyed sharing time with her family during the summers in Maine, spending time at Beach Hill Pond, and then Eddington Pond at the family camp, and winters in Florida.
Survivors include her daughter, Maryanne O’Donnell of West Palm Beach, Fla.; her son, Clifford O’Donnell “Cliff” of Palm City, Fla.; one daughter-in-law, Paula O’Donnell of Palm City, Fla.; one granddaughter, Paige O’Donnell of Palm City, Fla.; one grandson, R. Michael O’Donnell II of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; one granddaughter-in-law, Tabbatha D. O’Donnell of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; two great-granddaughters, S. Bailey O’Donnell and M. Brooke O’Donnell of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; and two sisters, Dorothy Smith of Tennessee and Polleen Riley of Alaska. She was predeceased by her husband, Raymond Michael O’Donnell; her parents, Kate Lanigan Jamieson and Jack Jamieson; her five brothers, John Jamieson Jr., William Jamieson, Adam Jamieson, Atwood “Butch” Jamieson and Arthur Jamieson; and sister, Ella O’Loughlin who were all from Brewer. It is with love that we remember Gram as a devoted wife and mother to her children, grandchildren and great-granddaughters. Always putting them first. We will miss her dearly.
Memorial services will be held 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at Quattlebaum Funeral Home, 1201 South Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, Fla. Friends may visit with the family 2 p.m.
Monday until service time. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33407.