Mary E. Hayes, a longtime resident of Medford, passed away at the Aberjona Nursing Center in Winchester on Monday morning, October 5, 2026. She was 89 years old.
Born in West Roxbury, she was the beloved daughter of Robert E. and Mary A. (Tague) Hayes. Predeceased by siblings Bernardine F Hayes, Kathleen P Talbot, Robert E Hayes and her daughter Elizabeth Marie Crocco. Mary was known as Beth by friends and Mary Beth by family.
Mary was raised in West Roxbury and was a graduate of Framingham State class of 1959. Later earning a master's degree in Education from Framingham State. She was a TWA airline attendant after college. Mary was a Real Estate Agent and a Teacher in Medford, Newton and Boston. Mary lived in Somerville, Lexington and Arlington before settling in Medford in 1981.
Mary enjoyed gardening, knitting and quilting. She was an artist, making quilts and knitting sweaters for family, friends and neighbors. Mary was a family historian, she traveled and loved the theater. She was active in the community. Volunteering with the Lowell Quilt Museum, Medford Historical Society, Friends of the Medford Public Library, Somerville Strings Camp and a Quilting instructor at the Cambridge Quilt Shop in Belmont. She organized Christmas donations for single mothers in Medford. Mary Beth enjoyed a long joyful life. She loved her family, friends and neighbors and will be dearly missed.
Mary is survived by her loving daughter, Ann MacDonald of Medford, grandchildren, Matthew Andrei, Timothy Alexander and Elizabeth Yana MacDonald and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Her memorial service will be celebrated in the Beals-Geake-Magliozzi Funeral Home, 29 Governors Avenue, Medford on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at Noon. Visitation will be held in the funeral home, prior to the service, from 10 AM to Noon. Interment will be privately held. Donations in Mary' memory may be made to the American Kidney Fund, 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20852. For additional information, please visit, www.magliozzifuneralhome.com.