Mary (Stanley) Santry of Little Silver passed away Sept. 3, 2026, at 95. She was born at home in Rumson, the eighth child of Ellen (Hyland) and John Stanley.
Mary attended the Lafayette Street School in Rumson and graduated from Rumson High School as a member of the National Honor Society. Always active in sports, Mary’s favorite was field hockey. Later, she and her husband, Thomas, enjoyed tennis, golf, boating and travel.
Mary and Thomas were married at Holy Cross Church in Rumson; when Tom died, they had been married for 58 years.
Mary was active at Holy Cross, serving on both the PTA and the school board. In later years, she became a parishioner at Church of the Nativity in Fair Haven. Mary was a past president of the Newcomer’s Alumni group and was the historian and first female life member of the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club.
Mary is survived by her loving family, Thomas and Lynda Santry (Troy and Kayla) of Fair Haven; Eileen and Thomas Kiernan (Colleen Campbell, Thomas Kiernan III and Mary Schulke) of Cranbury; Mary and John Brodsky (John, Charlotte Devine and Christopher) of Rumson; Robert and Stephanie Santry of Rumson; and six great-grandchildren, Owen and Rosie Campbell, Landon Kiernan, Brie and Logan Schulke and Annie Devine.
Mary was predeceased by her brothers, Patrick, John, Vincent, Matthew, Charles and William Stanley and her sisters, Eileen Kammers and Rosemary Hulse.
Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Church of the Nativity, 180 River Road, Fair Haven. A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will be private. Arrangements have been entrusted to Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mary’s name may be made to EB Research Partnership at ebresearch.org, Wounded Warrior Project at woundedwarriorproject.org or St. Jude Children’s Hospital at stjude.org.
The article originally appeared in the September 17 – 23, 2026 print edition of The Two River Times.
