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Former Sag Harbor resident Mary A. Kyle dies at 95

author on Dec 16, 2009

Former Sag Harbor resident Mary A. Kyle of Millerton, New York, died December 12 at her home. She was 95.

Born May 12, 1914, in New York City to James and Mary Clark Johnson, she graduated from the Grace Institute in Manhattan, attended Fordham University in the Bronx, and was an executive secretary to the administrator of Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in the Bronx. She later worked as the registrar for the hospital’s School of Nursing.

She married Charles P. Kyle on October 29, 1944, in the Bronx; he predeceased her in 1999.

Mrs. Kyle was a member of St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in Sag Harbor, and survivors said this week that she was very devoted to her family and career and a woman of strong faith.

Mrs. Kyle is survived by two sons, James Kyle and his wife Bunny of Connecticut and Dennis Kyle and his wife Maria of Millerton; five grandchildren, Jennifer Manstrelli, Jessica Curran, Christopher Kyle, Patrick Ficorilli and Sara Molgano; two great-grandsons, Robert and Christopher Manstrelli; and two nephews, George and Charles Blank.

In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by two daughters, Mary Regina Kyle and Kathleen Kyle Ficorilli; two brothers, Charles and James Johnson; and a sister, Eleanor Blank.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Hufcut Funeral Home in Dover Plains, New York. A funeral mass was held on Wednesday, December 16, at St. Andrew’s Church; burial followed in the church cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to St. Andrew’s Church, 122 Division Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963-3154 would be appreciated by the family. To send the family an online condolence, visit www.hufcutfuneralhome.com.

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