MEREDITH - Mary Katharine Mack, 87, formerly of 619 Benton Drive, Laconia, passed away at Golden View Nursing Home on Nov. 11, 2010.She was born on Sept. 29, 1923, in Providence, R.I., to Katharine and Charles Burns.Mary earned her degree as a Registered Nurse from the Rhode Island Hospital School of Nursing. She began her career of helping others at Rhode Island Hospital and retired from Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, Mass., in 1988.Upon her retirement, Mary divided her time between Venice, Fla., and Bristol, R.I., and, for the past 10 years, Laconia. She enjoyed life playing golf, shuffleboard, kayaking, square and round dancing, swimming and walking her dog.Mary was predeceased by a daughter, Patty Leveille, and brother Steven Burns. She leaves her husband 62 years, John; daughter Joan Mack of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; son John Mack and his wife, Pat, of Meredith; granddaughter Katharine Boynton and her husband, Andrew, of Warren, R.I.; brother Edward Burns and his wife, Helen, of Raleigh, N.C.; and her lifelong friend, "Sissy" Jean Dwyer of North Kingstown, R.I.There will be a funeral mass to celebrate her life at St. Charles Church in Meredith on Friday, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m. Burial will be at a later date in St. Mary's Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy be made in Mary's name to the National ;(function() { var adKeyValue = 't='; adKeyValue+= escape('clio=ALZ'); adKeyValue += escape('&cobrand=citizen'); adKeyValue += escape('&linktext=Alzheimer\'s Association'); adKeyValue += escape('&linkurl=https://act.alz.org/site/Donation2?df_id=5080&5080.donation=form1&set.TributeType=MEMORIAL&set.custom.honoree_name=Mary Mack&set.TributeMessage=A+gift+has+been+made+in+remembrance+of+Mary Mack'); adKeyValue += escape('&fn=Mary'); adKeyValue += escape('&ln=Mack'); var adClkUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1903372112'; var adImpUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1903372112'; document.write("<a href='" + adClkUrl + "' target=_blank>Alzheimer\'s Association<" + 'img' + " src='" + adImpUrl + "' style='width=1px; height=1px; display:inline;' /></a>"); }());, PO Box 96011, Washington DC 20090-6011.