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Mary W. Fleet, born December 7, 1929, in Memphis, Tennessee, passed peacefully in San Antonio, Texas on November 12, 2024, at age 94. Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph White and Marjorie White (née Massengale); four brothers, Joseph "Bud" White, Frank White, Anthony White, Steve White, baby sister, Katherine White, and many lifelong friends. Mary received a Catholic education as a student at St. Mary's High School and completed a 2-year curriculum at St. Mary’s University. On July 22, 1950, Mary Afton Wynn White exchanged vows with George T. Fleet, Jr. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church - a union enduring 72 years. In their early years, Mary taught second grade at Holy Rosary as she made a home for herself and George. When her daughters came along, she devoted herself to child-rearing and homemaking. As her girls grew, she was active at St. Gregory's Church and School and became a Girl Scout leader and a CYO softball coach. During their school years, she raised money for St. Gregory’s, Ursuline Academy and St. Matthew’ s through a myriad of funding efforts, making countless chalupas and as festival chairwoman spearheading the building of a gymnasium at Ursuline. When her daughters flew the coop, Mary attended the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico in San Antonio to study Spanish, and so began her love of Latin America, Mexican Folklore and Arts. In this effort, she joined the Pan American Round Table of San Antonio. In addition, she traveled extensively in Mexico and South America with the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) on buying trips in small villages to promote SAMA's annual Bazar Sabado. Mary supported classical music as a member of the San Antonio Tuesday Musical Club and a season ticket holder of the San Antonio Symphony. She was also a member of the Inner Wheel, the spouse group of the Down-Town Rotary Club International, of which her husband, George, was a member and President. Mary and George were founding members of St Matthew's Catholic Church and Mary spent many years as a lector, trainer and scheduler. Throughout their married life Mary and George were members of the Rose of Sharon Holy Family Guild. When their grandchildren, Teddy and Afton, were born, George and Mary were utterly smitten, thoroughly enjoying their new roles as grandparents. Mary watched them after school and often took them for concerts at Tuesday Musical and the Symphony. Mary and George were delighted when their granddaughter, Audrey, was born and both got to know her as an infant and on many visits to San Antonio. When her great-grandson, Charles, visited this past August, Mary was thrilled to hold a newborn in her arms. Mary is survived by her daughters, Mary Kay Fleet and Margaret Delia Fleet Pryor, and her spouse Reginald Pryor; grandchildren, Theodore Fleet Dearinger and Afton Kay Swanson, her husband, Dr. Charles Swanson; great-grandchildren, Audrey Wynn Romanetto and Charles Theodore Swanson; sister Margie Ann Gilsdorf, her husband David, brother Michael White, and his wife, Toni, brother Louis White, and sister-in-law, Amy White, along with many nieces and nephews. The Fleet family is grateful to Mary Lorenz, Janet Penaloza, Gabrielle Rivera, Jackie Romo, and Darlene Jones for their compassionate care. Funeral services will be held for George and Mary Fleet beginning at 9:30 am on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at St Matthew's Catholic Church. Services: Thursday, November 21, 2024 Rosary: 9:30 am Funeral Mass: 10:00 am St. Matthew's Catholic Church 10703 Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78230 Interment: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 17501 Nacogdoches Rd, San Antonio, TX 78266

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Mary W. Fleet

December 7, 1929 - November 12, 2024