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BROWN JEDNAK MARY Age 94, passed peacefully on Dec. 14, 2015. She was born on April 13, 1921, in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of the late Genevieve O'Neill Gorman and John Francis Gorman, M.D. She graduated from Chestnut Hill College and became a registered dietitian. She and Allen A. Brown, a Villanova graduate and chemical engineer, were married in 1943. They moved to Pittsburgh a few years later. Mary and Al had eight children and were very involved in their children's school and sports organizations. They also volunteered in the St. Vincent de Paul Society and were expert bridge players. Mary spent many years volunteering with the Guild for the Blind, driving the blind to their medical appointments. After their children were grown, they became weekly volunteers at a homeless shelter in Pittsburgh, where Al helped cook and serve meals and Mary sewed and mended clothes. They retired to Venice, Florida in the early 1980s and became active in the Epiphany parish ministries, including the migrant families mission. Her concern for young pregnant girls led Mary to help start the Pregnancy Care Center, where she served as president for six years. In 1998, two years after Allen's death, Mary married Theodore Ted Jednak, now of Ft. Myers and Melvin Village, NH. She is survived by seven of her children, Maura LeCroy and her husband, Carl, Allen Brown, Phil Brown and his wife, Peggy, Beth O'Brien and her husband, Dan, Chris Goodwin and her husband, Bryan, Greg Brown, and Patricia Gordon. Her third child, Barbara, died in 2011. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren, Leigh and Steve Jones, Connor Brown, Chris Bednash, Luke and Gabe Brown, Sean, Brendan and Deborah O'Brien, Dan and Zach Goodwin, Ian Brown, Katelyn Gordon and Haley Coleman; and two great- grandchildren, Caden and Piper Goodwin. Mary was a member of the Chestnut Hill Alumnae Association, the American Assoc. of University Women, the Venice Yacht Club and Epiphany Cathedral, Venice. A Memorial Mass will be held at Epiphany Cathedral on January 15, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. EWING FUNERAL HOME is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to Our Mother's House, 405 Manatee Ct., Venice, FL 34285. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
