Mary McCarty

Private interment for Mary M. (Cogdill) McCarty, 81, who died Friday at St. Luke Living Center in Marion, will be later at Claney Cemetery.

Born Sept. 29, 1940, in Marion to James H. and Mary Cogdill, she worked as a waitress at various Marion County restaurants.

On March 9, 1958, she married Donald McCarty. He preceded her in death along with a sister, Bernice Martinez.

Survivors include daughters Jeanne Penner, Barbara Hein, and Susan Bernhardt of Hillsboro, Connie Williams of Marion, Kim Melichar of Hutchinson, and Traci Maier of Lakewood, Colorado; sons Donny Gene McCarty of Cimarron, Larry Earl McCarty of Tampa, and Tate McCarty of McPherson; brother Butch Cogdill; sisters Judy Winter of Ness City and Jackie Weathers of Ponca City, Oklahoma; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Yazel-Megli Funeral Home is handling arrangements.