Mary Louise (Hogan) Stanton, of Hyde Park, formerly of Forest Hills, died at Highgate Manor in Dedham on June 28, 2010.

Born in Boston, Mary was a graduate of Boston’s High School for Practical Arts. She worked for the Submarine Signal company during World War II.

Mary married her husband, Joseph, in 1946 and became a homemaker. She was very involved with her children’s activities and she was also active in her community.

She served as the Hyde Park Neighborhood Coordinator for Girl Scouts and was a volunteer for the Parent Teacher Association in Hyde Park (grammar school through high school). In her later years, she was involved with Mil-Par Seniors and enjoyed bowling with the group.

Mary was also a member of the Hyde Park Thought Club, the Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Clubs, and the Hyde Park Historical Society.

Devoted wife of 64 years of Joseph G. Stanton. Loving mother of Thomas G. Stanton and his wife Margaret of Sandwich, Lorraine M. Murphy and her husband Alfred J., Jr., of Needham, Elizabeth “Bettie” Kilcoyne and her husband David of Dedham, William D. Stanton-Myers and his partner Steven A. Myers of Boston and the late Jean M. Rooney and her late husband Eugene H., Jr. Sister of the late Joseph, Thomas, Charles, Rev. William Hogan, Elizabeth Bugbee and Helen McEwan. Mary is survived by her sister-in-laws: Mildred Cawley of Dorchester and Mary Stanton of Plymouth, 12 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Saint Pius X Church, Wolcott Rd., Milton on Thursday, July 1 at 10:00AM. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours at the Dolan Funeral Home 1140 Washington St. DORCHESTER LOWER MILLS, Wednesday 4-8PM. Interment Cedar Grove Cemetery. Donations may be made in Mary’s memory to: Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, PO Box 476, Convent Station, NJ 07961.