Mary Patricia Aldrich
November 14, 1926 – August 4, 2017

Mary "Mollie" Aldrich was born in Corlough Parish, County Cavan, Ireland on November 14, 1926 to James and Nora McGovern, the third of ten children.  After receiving her nursing certificate she immigrated to New York where she worked as a nanny and nurse.  It's there that she met and married Louis Aldrich.  They settled in New Jersey and had six children, before moving to California in 1962.  They were married for 41 years before his death in 1991.

After raising her children Mary updated her nursing certificate and worked at Chope Hospital Emergency Room in San Mateo for eleven years.  Mary enjoyed being with family, gardening, reading, poetry and knitting.  She especially enjoyed knitting baby blankets for family, friends, neighbors and co-workers.  She is survived by her children, Rev. Louis Aldrich, SJ, Diane, Kevin (Jane), John and Susan Aldrich and Mary (Jose) Baez, grandchildren, Brian and Amy Tanti,  Anthony and Richard Baez, Molly, Meg, Lou, Max, Kevin, Betsy and Lucy Aldrich, and beloved sisters Nancy McGovern and Carmel Radowicz, and many nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her siblings Michael (Joyce) and Sean (Mary) McGovern, Chrissie (James) McKiernan, Josephine, Aiden, Madge and Rose McGovern, and brothers-in-law Francis McGovern and Bob Radowicz.

She had a deep faith in God and love for all. She died peacefully at home after a long illness, surrounded by her children.  She will be buried with her husband at Holy Cross Cemetery in Menlo Park.