Mary K. O'Shaughnessy

Mary Katherine O'Shaughnessy, 85, of Red Wing, died Friday, November 28, 2014, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. She was born July 18, 1929, in Red Wing, to Harry and Verna (Olson) Gerdes and graduated from Red Wing Central High School. While in school, she began working as a waitress at the A & W Root Beer Stand. She also worked at JC Penny's and was a homemaker before she began working at Bev's Café in 1976, where she worked for 27 years until 2003. Mary was well-known throughout town and often could be seen enjoying her daily walks, shopping at second-hand stores or taking in a live music show. She greatly enjoyed the beauty of the river and the bluffs and she also enjoyed spending time with her family and she especially loved cats.

She is survived by 2 children, Cindy (Steve Anderson) O'Shaughnessy of Plymouth and Brian (significant other, Jen Foley) O'Shaughnessy of Bay City; 5 grandchildren, Matt (Stephanie) Anderson of Chicago, Ill., Hayley Anderson of Minneapolis, Kortney (Noah) Nordrum of Minneapolis, Michael (Kelly) O'Shaughnessy of Blaine and Jonathan O'Shaughnessy of Richfield; 2 great-grandchildren, Malachy O'Shaughnessy and Charlie Anderson and a special niece, Jackie (Gene) Bergh. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Pat and a special friend, Reuben Kyle.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at the Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel, with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Memorials preferred to the Goodhue County Humane Society.

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Visitation

DEC 6. 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (CST)

Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel
602 Plum Street P.O. Box 111
Red Wing, MN 55066

Service

DEC 6. 2:00 PM (CST)

Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel
602 Plum Street P.O. Box 111
Red Wing, MN 55066