Obituary of Mary E. Durkin

MARY E. DURKIN (Cookie) PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON NOVEMBER 14, 2021 AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH LEUKEMIA. SHE WAS THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN F. & TERESA DURKIN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHERS, JOHN (Joy), GERARD (Caryn), CHRISTOPHER (Kathleen) AND THOMAS (Donna). HER SISTER ANNE MARIE KRUK (Michael), AND BY HER MANY BELOVED NIECES, NEPHEWS, GRAND NIECES AND GRAND NEPHEWS. IN HER EARLY CAREER, AS A MEMBER OF THE SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME deNEMUR, MARY WAS A JUNIOR HS HISTORY TEACHER, ASST. PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL. WHEN SHE LEFT TEACHING, SHE COMMENCED WHAT WOULD BECOME A 34-YEAR CAREER IN HUMAN RESOURCES, FIRST AT STATE BANK OF LI, (Currently Valley Bank) AND MOST RECENTLY AT VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTIC ENGINEERING. In lieu of flowers, Mary requested donations be made to Notre Dame School, New Hyde Park, Notre Dame RC Church, New Hyde Park or the Leukemia Society.