Mary Danley

Mary A. Danley
March 2, 1931 - December 20, 2012
Mary A. Danley, age 81 years of South Thirteenth Street in Niles, Michigan died at 8:45 p.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at her home following a brief illness.

She was born on March 2, 1931 in Paris, Illinois to John and Ruth (Bosstick) Griffin. She was graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago, Illinois, and has lived in Niles since 1952. She was employed for thirty-one years at the former Uniroyal plant and was a member of the United Rubber Workers Union Local #65 in Mishawaka, Indiana. She retired in 1982.

Mary was a member of the former Trinity United Methodist Church in Niles, and had been attending Hope United Methodist Church in Edwardsburg, Michigan. She was also a member of the Edwardsburg Chapter #476, Order of the Eastern Star. In retirement, she and her husband kept a winter residence in Okeechobee, Florida, and were members of the Restless Rover Camping Club.

On December 15, 1951 in Niles she married Almon E. “Ed” Danley with whom she celebrated the sixty-first anniversary of their wedding last Saturday.

Surviving family includes her husband, Ed, and their sons, James E. (& Nancy) Danley of Lake Worth, Florida and Tim A. (& Ronda) Danley of Niles; grandchildren, James (& Melissa Garcia) Danley and Tim (& Jamie) Danley, great-grandchild, Jordan and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Joseph D. Danley and Ronald Wise; and by her siblings, Joseph Griffin and Jean Runyan.

The funeral service for Mary A. Danley will be at Noon Saturday, December 22, 2012 at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with the Rev. Cathi Huvaere of Wesley United Methodist Church in Niles officiating. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Osceola, Indiana.
The family will receive relatives and friends at the funeral home beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Contributions in memory of Mary Danley may be made to the Children’s Wish Foundation, International; 8615 Roswell Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30350; or to the Alpha-1 Association, 2937 SW 27th Avenue, Suite 106, Miami, Florida 33133.

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