BRUNSWICK — Mary Scanlon, born Feb. 14, 1922, in Manhattan, NY, and raised in the Bronx, was the daughter of immigrants from Ireland. She passed away on Nov. 9, 2012.

The oldest of eight, she attended St. Benedict’s Elementary School and Hunter College High School. She then attended business school and started a career as a typist. Marie, as she was always known, was also a professional runway model and an avid dancer at New York City’s dance halls in the 1940s.

A devout Catholic, she was involved with Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

In 1949, she married William (Billy) Scanlon, a career Naval officer who grew up around the corner from her in the Country Club section of the Bronx. They were married 58 years when Billy died in 2007.

Marie lived the life of a Navy wife until Billy retired. They had six children, and when the youngest reached elementary school Marie resumed her career, working at a variety of jobs, the last as a medical transcriptionist at New York Hospital. When she and Billy retired, they moved to Cape Cod, where they lived until they moved to Brunswick, Maine, in 2004. They spent many winters in Florida, in Venice and Palm Harbor.

Marie Scanlon is survived by two sons, Larry Scanlon of New York City, and Stephen Scanlon of Cleveland, OH; and three daughters, Laura Cavicchi of Braintree, MA; Jennifer Scanlon of Brunswick, ME; and Sharon Mertzlufft of Tampa, FL. She is predeceased by one son, James Scanlon. Marie is survived by one sister, Madeline Walsh, of Pennsylvania, and one brother, Thomas Barry, of Texas. She is also survived by thirteen grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and dozens of nieces and nephews, all of whom will really miss their Mima/Aunt Marie.

A private service was held by the family.

Arrangements are in care of the Brackett Funeral Home, Brunswick.