MARY R. HALL ALLEN

AKWESASNE – Mrs. Mary R. Hall Allen, 84, of 569 State Route 37, peacefully passed away Saturday morning, February 21, 2015 at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital after a brief illness.

Mary was born October 22, 1930 in St. Regis, Quebec, the daughter of the late John B. and Margaret Oakes Hall. She attended schools in St. Regis and the Mohawk School in Hogansburg. In July 1949, she married Alex W. Peters at the Hogansburg Methodist Parsonage. He predeceased her on February 3, 1973. She later married Harold T. Allen in Boston; he predeceased her in 2001.

In 1961, she moved to Boston, where she worked at the New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham, retiring in 1994. She moved back to Akwesasne in 2005 to be near her family. Mary truly enjoyed the work she did and her home. While living in Boston she enjoyed gardening and was an excellent cook. She also enjoyed knitting, crocheting, reading the Bible and her little dogs and cats. She was a member of the Akwesasne Death Benefits Group.

Mary is survived by her children, Ruth A. Peters of Akwesasne; Richard and Sue Peters of North Greenbush, NY; and Kirk and Theresa Peters of Boston; her grandchildren, Shane Ryck and Samantha Peters; two great grandchildren, Taylor and Mason Ryck; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and her husbands, she was predeceased by her brother David Hall on April 17, 1990.

Friends called on Tuesday at the Donaldson Funeral Home, Massena, where a prayer service was held. Following cremation, burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery, Akwesasne.

In lieu of flowers, those wishing may consider the Akwesasne Diabetes Center of Excellence, the Akwesasne Office of the Aging, or the American Heart Association.

Memories and condolences may be shared online at http://www.donaldsonfh.com.