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Mary Edith Gamache, devoted mother and wife, passed away in peace Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Bethesda Cemetery, in Aberdeen. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, at Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.
She was born Aug. 9, 1927, in Ludlow, Mass., the daughter of the late Lawrence and Jane Dennis. She was a graduate of Cathedral High School in Springfield, Mass., and graduated from the nursing school at Springfield Technical Institute in 1965. She was a resident of Southern Pines for 32 years, and was the former owner and president of Mary-Dennis Manor and Southern Pines Manor Rest Home for 23 years. She was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua in Southern Pines.
Mary was married 58 years to Wilfred Gamache, who preceded her in death.
She is survived by three children, Dennis Gamache and his wife, Claudia, of Naperville, Ill., Kathleen Tomlinson and her husband, Lee, of Aberdeen, and Elizabeth Benoit and her husband, Peter, of Hampton, Va.; six grandchildren, Nicole Burkott, David Benoit, Joseph Benoit, Sean McCabe, Katie McCabe and Gabrielle Benoit; two great-grandchildren, Aubrey Dalton and Noah McCabe; and loving friend and nurse Heather Birner. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Christopher Burkott.
Online condolences may be made at www.PinesFunerals. com.
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