Mary Mooney

Mary Louise (Dillard) Mooney, age 95 of Evansville, passed away Monday August 29, 2011 at Deaconess Hospital. She was born September 22, 1915 near Quincy, IL the daughter of William and Lula Ann (Neunam) Dillard. She married Marion Raybon Mooney on September 21, 1935 and had four daughters.


During WWII Mary worked as a welder on the LST’s at the Evansville Waterfront. She loved to dance, travel and cook. She enjoyed nature and sports, and cherished a deep faith in God to the end of her life.


Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Marion; her daughter, Mavis Woerter; and six brothers.


She is survived by her daughters, Marilyn Rapp of Bloomfield, IA, Sheila Detwiler of San Bernardino, CA and Gay Sawyer-Brown of San Diego, CA; a granddaughter, Marietta Klausmeier of Zuni, VA and eight other grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; one brother, Lilburn “Yank” Dillard and one sister, Pearl Martz of Springfield, OH.


Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday September 2, 2011 at the Austin~Stendeback Family Funeral Home at 1330 E. 4th Street, Mt. Vernon, IN. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service. A visitation will also be held from 10 a.m. until time of graveside at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. The graveside will be held at Bellefontaine Cemetery in Mt. Vernon. Online condolences may be left at austinfuneralhome.com