Mary M. McCarty

Mary McCarty Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.12, Henderson-Barker Funeral Home, West Branch. IOWA CITY, Iowa - Mary M. McCarty, 67, formerly of West Branch, passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at her home, following a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Private family services will be Thursday, Dec. 13, with burial at the West Branch Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established. Mrs. McCarty was born Aug. 31, 1940, in Oldmeldrum, Scotland, the daughter of George and Rose McRobb Abel. She married Mike McCarty on Oct. 11, 1969, in West Branch. She and her husband owned and operated Greenview Golf Club in West Branch for 24 years. The joys in her life were watching her sons play golf, spending time with her grandchildren and the Glee Club. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Sean (Mundi) McCarty of Solon and Chad (Michelle) McCarty of North Liberty; two sisters, Anna Slach of West Branch and Margaret Minty of Scotland; two brothers, Sandy (Helen) Abel and Danny (Ann) Abel of Scotland; a nephew, Steve (Jodie Criswell) Slach; a mother-in-law, Mary E. Betty McCarty of West Branch; a sister-in-law, Patricia Whitlock of Bozeman...[more]

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Mont.; and six grandchildren, Reed, Grace, Brandon, Merritt Mac, Zachary and John Jack.