This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/5955 Message Board Post: Mary Ann Shay 1938 Mary SHAY was born in the town of Hume in May, 1863 and she lived in this town until her death on March 18, 1938. Her father was Daniel SHAY who came from England in the 60s. Her mother was Ellen HICKEY also coming from England, though of the Irish race. Mary had two brothers, John, a wealthy oil operator who lived in Pittsburgh, Pa., and whose death occurred some years ago, and Daniel, who died in Olean in 1932. Her only sister is Mrs. Robert LEWIS of Rochester. There is no important detail of her life that is not known to the people of this community, but it is proper that expression of her grand qualities should be made while her memory is still fresh Mary SHAY was a simple and straight-forward woman. Good fortune did not change her save as it enabled her to gratify her good impulses. She was charitable to an extent little known since most of her kindnesses were done secretly. Her left hand did not know what her right hand did. She was a woman without egotism. Good fortune which is a good test of character, made no change in her. The friends of her later life were those of her younger days who esteemed her for her character rather than for her possessions. She will be remembered as a person who did great good for others, whose life will bear the closest inspection and who had a kind word and a smile for all. Funeral rites for Mary Ann SHAY, 74, who passed away in the Genesee Country Hospital last Friday night, were held from St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Fillmore Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock. Burial was made in the family plot in the Holy Cross Cemetery. Miss SHAY, who was a life-long resident of Fillmore and vicinity, is survived by a sister, Mrs. Robert LEWIS, of Rochester, a nephew, Harry SHAY, of Olean, grand-niece, Kathleen SHAY, Olean and several cousins. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]