Mary M. Allen, 89, of 6 Northgate Drive, Bradford, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022, surrounded by her children at Erie County Medical Center, in Buffalo, NY.

Born February 23, 1933, in Bradford, she was the daughter of the late Tennyson and Mary Anna (Holleran) Parsons.

Mary was a 1951 graduate of Saint Bernard High School

On January 8, 1966, in St. Francis Church, she married Emery J. Allen, Jr., who survives.

Mary was employed in the billing department at Dresser Manufacturing, and in the cafeteria at St. Bernard Elementary school, Floyd C. Fretz and retired from Bradford Area High School as the head cook. 

She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Church. She enjoyed traveling and visiting family, watching and cheering for the Buffalo Bills and St Bonaventure basketball teams, listening to Big Band singers and going out to eat and shopping.

Surviving in addition to her husband Emery of 56 years, is one daughter,  Ann (Jim) Bernhard, of Charleston, SC, and  one son, James (Victoria Schmid) Allen, of Prospect Park, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Thomas Parsons.

Family will receive friends on Wednesday November 16, 2022, from 6 PM to 8 PM in the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes, Inc. 372 East Main Street. Friends are also invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM on Thursday in St. Francis Church, with Rev. John Jaquel, Pastor, as celebrant. Entombment will follow in St. Bernard Mausoleum.

Memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to, the American Heart Association or a charity of the donor’s choice.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hollenbeck-Cahill
Funeral Homes Inc.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com