Mary had a great party for her 90th birthday with friends and family of all ages gathered at the house in Little Neck. She was also the subject of an article in the Queens Courier about the milestone:

queenscourier.com/2009/90-and-still-young-15252/

Mary was well known in Queens for being one of the biggest individual fundraisers for the Little Neck Memorial Day Parade, said to be the largest of its kind in the country. This New York Lives video beautifully captures Mary and the "event of the year":

www.newyorklives.tv/2011/06/mary-and-memorial-day-parade.html