Mary Fogarty Obituary

Mary was born a twin at Portland's old St. Vincent's Hospital to Tom and Catherine (Harmeier) Boylen. The girls grew up in the Laurelhurst district where they attended All Saint's Elementary School and St. Mary's Academy in downtown Portland. As a pair, Mary and her sister Kathleen welcomed their little sister Elizabeth as part of their team and later the three sisters cooperated in helping to raise their little brother John. The Boylen family enjoyed many years of winter skiing on Mt. Hood and summers on Puget Sound.
Mary and Michael Patrick Fogarty, an engineer at Bonneville Power, married in 1969 and together they raised two wonderful sons who continue Mary's legacy of gracious and loving generosity. Over the years, Mary, Mike and their sons traveled across the globe and instilled in their boys, curiosity and appreciation for cultural differences. As a result of a close family friendship, Rudy Leal was informally adopted as an adult third son.
Like many other children of that time, Mary was challenged by undiagnosed reading dyslexia. After getting her Masters in PE/Dance from Portland State University, this proved to be an asset. Mary became a favorite PE teacher at Geiser Middle School in Vancouver. Each year there was a scrum of boys wanting to take her PE class. Her students learned many dance styles and most of all teamwork. After Michael passed away in 2017, Mary moved to a new home on Hayden Island where a whole new community enjoyed her generosity, good humor and boundless enthusiasm. Mary is survived by her twin, Kathy (Scott) Frederick; sister, Beth Caswell of Bend; brother, John (Meg) Boylen of Bend; her two sons, Matthew (Shealin) and David; three nieces, two grandchildren and multiple great-grandchildren, plus generations of nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, February 15, at 1 p.m., at St. Andrews Catholic Church in NE Portland.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to charities which serve the hungry and homeless.