This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCCOY, MCCARTHY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1434 Message Board Post: Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) June 1, 1996 Edition: FINAL / ALL Section: METRO Page: 9B MARY J. MCCARTHY, 54, TEACHER, REALTY AGENT Author: ZINA VISHNEVSKY PLAIN DEALER REPORTER Dateline: ROCKY RIVER Mary Janice "Jan" McCarthy fought a long battle with cancer. But that did not keep her from going to see her son Brendan run his first marathon. He raised more than $2,500 in pledges on behalf of the American Cancer Society when he ran in the 1993 Revco-Cleveland Marathon. "I thought what he was doing was really neat. It's even more neat that he was doing it for me," she said from her bed in a van. Mrs. McCarthy, 54, of Rocky River, died Wednesday at her home. She was a member of St. Christopher Catholic Church. Over the 12-year course of her illness, Mrs. McCarthy, a devout Catholic, made friends through frequent at-home Masses. People who attended the Masses said they came not so much to comfort Mrs. McCarthy, but for what they learned from her courage, humor and acceptance of her situation. Mrs. McCarthy was born in Bradford, Pa., and graduated from Villa Maria College in Erie, Pa. She was a substitute teacher in Lakewood and Rocky River schools, and a real estate agent for HGM Hilltop Realty. She also was a real estate investor. Mrs. McCarthy is survived by her husband, Terrance B.; daughters Colleen S. of Raleigh, N.C., and Megan A. of Rocky River; sons Brendan T. of Denver, and Daniel M. of Orlando, Fla.; mother Dorothea McCoy of Bradford, Pa.; two sisters; and two brothers. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. today at St. Christopher Catholic Church, 20141 Detroit Rd., Rocky River. McGorray Bros. Funeral Home in Lakewood is handling arrangements. Contributions may be sent to St. Francis Inn, P.O. Box 3746, Philadelphia, Pa. 19125.