Mary Elizabeth Wood Logan

Mary Elizabeth Wood Logan, our beloved Molly passed away on April 10, 2023. Her indomitable spirit prevailed over seven years of declining health until her heart finally failed her.

From her birth in 1932 in Moorestown, NJ, she maintained a rootedness in her origins and the Quaker religion in which she was raised. Her life reflected her commitment to community – to both lifelong and recent friendships; to the natural world explored on vacations at her beloved “second home” in the Poconos; and to service for others. Her busy life as a homemaker in suburbs of northern New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia and finally Wilmington included both serious tennis and volunteer services – to Cub Scouts, Abington Friends School, Philadelphia public schools and her PEO sisterhood, for which she served two terms as chapter president. She was a dedicated supporter of Hockessin Friends Meeting, Moorestown Friends School (class of 1949) and Mount Holyoke, which she served for many years as class of 1953 treasurer.

Remarkably optimistic and playful by nature, Molly had a gift for providing solutions to problems simple and complex, thanks to her native thoughtfulness, curiosity and keen mind – a blessing to her often impatient husband Richard. Her all-pervasive interest was for her family, and she took special pride in the accomplishments of son Christopher, daughter-in-law Heidi, grand-daughters Naomi and Rachel, and nephew Robert Blood, along with loving memories of departed parents Dorothy and Robert Wood, sister Peggy Blood, brother-in-law George Blood and niece Deborah Blood. Her final days were enhanced greatly by the care of the Cokesbury Village medical staff and Hospice team and the support of her affectionate friends.

A memorial service will be held on May 14 at 2:30 pm at Hockessin Friends Meeting, 1501 Old Wilmington Road, Hockessin, DE. Burial will be private.