NORTHFIELD- Mary Lutz, 91, formally of Newton Road, passed away peacefully at Cook Willow Health Center in Plymouth on Tuesday, March 16. She was the widow of Joseph G. Lutz who had been raised in the Thomaston area. Mary was the only daughter of eight children, of Italian immigrant parents Elia and Emilia Terenzi of Brooklyn, NY where she met and married her sweetheart. After starting a family of three children, Joseph, Marie and Larry they moved to the Thomaston area for a few years before returning to Brooklyn. The family eventually moved to Long Island where she spent her latter years after her husband Joe died in 1977, until she moved to a mother-daughter apartment with her daughter Marie and son-in-law Burt Weeks in Northfield who cared for her dearly these past seven years. During those early years Mary worked in part-time sales of womens clothing in a number of high end-stores in Brooklyn and LI while raising her family, was blessed with eight grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren whose pictures literally obscured her refrigerator. In her latter years she enjoyed traveling to distant places with a number of relatives, always taking her camera along. She kept busy, faithfully keeping her flowers and houseplants; and of course always baking those holiday cookies and making her famous rice pudding for her family. Mary had a blessed and full life even after dementia began to dim her memory. She leaves three brothers, Italo and Larry of Long Island and Joseph from Washington State, her three children Joe Lutz of LI, Marie Weeks of Northfield and Larry Lutz of Florida, eight grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents and her brothers Enio, Ezio, Egildo and Dante. Arrangements: Calling hours will be held on Friday evening, March 19, from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Lyons Funeral Home, 46 High Street, Thomaston. A funeral service will be held the next morning, Saturday March 20, with visitation from 10:30 AM until time of service at 12:00 P.M. at the Copiague Christian Church, 250 Pinelawn Ave., Copiague, LI NY 11726. Followed by the burial at St, Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale LI, NY. For more information or to submit an online condolence please visit www.lyonsfuneralhome.com In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her name to the Copiague Christian Church where she enjoyed many years of fellowship.

Service Information Cemetery St. Charles Cemetery Conklin Street Farmingdale, NY --> Service Saturday March 20, 2010 12:00 PM Copiague Christian Church 250 Pinelawn Ave. Copiague, NY 11726 -->