Mary S. Stirk

Mary S. Stirk, of Largo, Florida passed away February 1, 2025, at the age of 82. Mary was born in Medina on July 15, 1942 to the late Adam Sheelar and Verna Lech.

 As an adult, she worked at Delco Products in the offices, and would drive almost an hour every day to and from work. She met her husband Donald, a tool and die maker, at Delco and married him on April 12, 1969 after he came back from being drafted to the Vietnam War. Mary and Donald were married 45 years before he passed away at 71 years old in 2014.

She enjoyed softball and played in a league when she was pregnant with Kelly Lynn. She loved watching baseball and football; the Buffalo Bills were her favorite NFL team. She played all the sports with her son Donald, and could hit the ball out of the yard across the highway and into the farmer's field on a regular basis!

She was a homemaker and devout Catholic who attended Mass every Sunday without wavering. As her children grew and went to school, Mary used her shrewd business sense and ran the office of an apartment complex, and mini-storage, Crimson Heights in Albion. She loved mowing lawns and also made it a side business with her son Donald.

Mary loved the outdoors and camping. Every summer when her kids were out of school the family took long camping trips around New York State. When her husband Don retired, they used to travel with her camper to Florida each winter.

Christmas was her favorite holiday! She always made a big deal of Christmas for all the kids! She was a generous and giving woman who you could always count on to help others in need whenever she could. She always volunteered in the kitchens of the VFW and Masonic Lodge cooking, serving and cleaning up after large dinners for these organizations.

Mary was predeceased by her husband Donald, brother and sister-in-law, Adam Sheelar Jr. and Shirley Sheelar.

She is survived by her daughter Kelly Lynn (Michael W.) Grey, her son Donald A. Stirk; brother, Charles (Michele) Sheelar, and sisters Jean (David) Wetherbee and Judy Sheelar, Sisters in law, Eileen Sorochty and Gloria (Peter) Monacelli.

She loved animals, dogs, and babies. She had no grandchildren, but had many beloved nieces and nephews, and even grand dogs, Frankie, Juliet, Dean, and Lenny. 

Mary’s Mass of Christian Burial will be held at a later date.

Mary’s arrangements have been entrusted to the Christopher Mitchell Funeral Home of Albion, NY.

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