Livonia, NY – Mary Spaine Cott, 77, passed away on December 30, 2018, in the comfort of her home and family. Born January 5, 1941 at home in Alfred, NY. She is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Dick; her daughter Christi, and two sons Rick (Lori) and Jerry (Ann), six grandchildren, one great-grandson, three sisters, and a brother. Mary is predeceased by her parents.
Her life was characterized by generous love, faith, hard work, and making the lives of those she knew better. She will be fondly remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother as well as helping others, creating in the kitchen, reading, gardening, and enjoying the beauty of Conesus Lake. Mary enjoyed a successful career as an executive assistant, most recently with Essex Investment Management, Rochester, NY.
Mary was born in 1941 and grew up in the town of Alfred. She was the middle child of five and lost both of her parents by the age of three. Mary was adopted, along with three of her siblings, by her grandparents that lived on Jericho Hill. Her grandparents had a small dairy farm. Mary was an extraordinary individual and often talked about the hard work that was required during her upbringing. She was up each day before dawn feeding and milking the cows before school. The life-long love story of Mary and Dick began when they were sophomores in high school and after dating for three years, they were married at eighteen years old. Mary passed away just days after their 59th wedding anniversary.
Calling hours will be at the Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home Inc., 21 Big Tree St., Livonia, NY on Friday January 4, 2019 from 4:00-7:00 pm. Memorial service will be held at the Livonia United Methodist Church located at 21 Summers Street, Livonia, NY on Saturday January 5th at 10:00AM. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Livingston County Hospice, 2 Murray Hill Drive, Mt. Morris, NY 14510. To send a condolence or share a memory please visit: www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com
Mary was a truly wonderful person and all of us at Essex loved her.
David Whitaker
Dear Dick and family,
Our heartfelt condolences go out to you and your family. We will surely miss Mary, she was truly a lovable and kind person.
With Love and blessings,
Jerry & Lynette
Dick,
We only briefly met at times when you would bring your wife to gatherings in the UMCL fellowship hall. There is where a unity of spirit would occur b/c my father did the same for my mother until he physically and she physically could not any more. People like you and my father are the real heroes in this country and world. May all those who choose to lead remember the definition of hero is wider than given credit and support.
Dick, my deepest sympathy to you and the entire family. We will miss Mary in our Small Group but our loss is Heaven’s gain. We will be with her someday in Heaven and continue the joy of knowing her and all of the wonderful things that God is preparing for us…..what a day that will be!
With blessings and love, Mary Cameron
Dick, I want to extend my heart felt sympathy to you. You and Mary gave so much to Pearce. We really mussed you. May God comfort you in these mournful times.
Dear Dick and family:
You and Mary, and your lifelong devotion to each other, are a wonderful example for us to follow. We are so pleased that we had a chance to “meet” the two of you when we searching (but unsuccessfully) for a home on Conesus Lake.
Those Spain girls were really something! We are all lucky to have Linda Spain Butts in our family.
I’m so very sorry for your loss!
My deepest sympathy to the entire Cott family,friends and relatives ,Mary will truly be missed.
God bless,David Weber