Obituary of Mary Leach Colen

NAME OF DECEASED: Mary Leach Colen ADDRESS: Gladwyne, PA AGE: 72 OTHER INFORMATION: COLEN, Mary Leach, born Mary Gillis Duer on Christmas Eve, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. She was graduated from The Bryn Mawr School and Sweet Briar College, received her Masters in Education from University of Pennsylvania and pursued doctoral work at Columbia University. In 1964 she was married to Walter Leach. She taught in the public schools of Harlem, New York and South West Philadelphia. Later she taught at The Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont. Upon being widowed in 1981, she focused her career in other areas. She was married to Joseph E. Colen, Jr. in 1986. Upon her retirement she was Senior Vice President of L F Driscoll Construction Company. She held many volunteer and charitable positions, including serving as the President of the Junior League of Philadelphia. She enjoyed time on the water and at a farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore where two of her favorite things were flowers and sunsets. She is survived by her husband, daughters Jennifer Anderson (Hugh), Ambler Selway (Jamie), stepson Joseph "Dusty" Colen (Mazie), stepdaughter Jennifer Colen (Brian) and eight grandchildren, Jack, Colin and Mackenzie Selway, Eleanor, Hugh and Owen Anderson and Caroline and Sam Colen. DATE OF DEATH: THURSDAY April 16, 2015 PLACE OF DEATH: Lankenau Hospital of Lower Merion Twp., PA PARENTS: (Deceased) T. Marshall Duer (Deceased) Mary ( Gillis ) SERVICES: Her Funeral Service will be held on Friday, April 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM from the St. Christopher Episcopal Church, 226 Righters Mill Road, Gladwyne, Pa Clergy: The Rev. Hillary Raining officiating. FRIENDS MAY CALL (VIEWING) ON: Thursday Evening from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Moore, Snear & Ruggiero Funeral Home, 300 Fayette Street, Conshohocken, Pa INTERMENT: St. Christopher's Episcopal Churchyard, Gladwyne, PA 19035, PA MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE IN Mary's Memory to: Susan G.Komen, Breast Cancer Foundation, 125 South 9th Street, Suite 202, Philadelphia, PA 19107