Mary Tague Duval, age 95, of Erie, PA, died on Thursday April 26, 2018 at home. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on June 25, 1922, a daughter of the late Charles Leo and Clare Jones Tague. She was one of 4 daughters and was raised in the Los Angeles, CA area.
She attended Immaculate Heart College in Hollywood, CA for 2 years and graduated from Queen of Angels College of Nursing in Los Angeles, CA in 1944. Mary then served in the United States Navy as a registered nurse at Camp Pendleton California from 1944 until 1946. She married Albert in 1947 and they later moved to Fairview in 1960.
She was a homemaker and loving mother of eight children.
Mary was a member of Holy Cross Church where she was a Eucharistic Minister and Chairperson of the arts and furnishing committee for the new church. She loved her flower garden and was a lifelong tennis player, playing well into her 80’s. She was a volunteer at St. Vincent Health Center in the admittance department for five years, the Sarah A. Reed Retirement Center, and the Visiting Nurse Association for several years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Albert F. Duval and a daughter, Susan Duval.
She is survived by five daughters, Denise Duval of Wellington, CO, Nanette Charcalla, husband Mark of Fort Wayne, IN, Carolyn Helderman, husband Mark of Westlake, OH, Michele Georger, husband Daryl of Erie, Kathleen Craig, husband Gary of Bay Village, OH; and two sons, Richard Duval, wife Deborah of Shaker Heights, OH, Robert Duval, wife Janine of Boca Raton, FL. Further survived by 14 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Burton Westlake Funeral Home, 3801 West 26th Street (at Powell Ave.) on Thursday May 3rd from 4 to 7 pm, and are also invited to attend a mass of Christian burial at Holy Cross Church, 7100 West Ridge Road, Fairview, PA 16415 on Friday May 4th at 10 am. Burial will be private at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 5031 West Ridge Rd., Erie, PA 16506, or Holy Cross Church, 7100 West Ridge Road, Fairview, PA 16415.
Send condolences at www.Burtonfuneralhome.com.
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