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Mary Jane Duggan Ponten O'Riley

1930 - 2022

Mary Jane Duggan Ponten O'Riley obituary, 1930-2022, Las Vegas, NV

BORN

1930

DIED

2022

FUNERAL HOME

Shrine of Remembrance

1730 East Fountain Blvd.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Mary O'Riley Obituary

Duggan Ponten O'Riley
Mary Jane Duggan Ponten O'Riley
August 23, 1930
July 6, 2022

Mary Jane Duggan Ponten O'Riley, 91, passed away on 6 July 2022, peacefully in the comforts of home after a long, service-filled life dedicated to the Lord first and all the blessings He put in her path to include family, friends, and a passion for disabilities ministry. Mary Jane was born 23 August,1930 to Leo Ernest and Susan Marie (Swanson) Duggan in Chicago, Illinois. Mary Jane touched an unfathomable amount lives leaving a trail of love and laughter along the way. She is preceded to the gates of Heaven by her first husband Harold John "Bud" Ponten and survived by her second husband Frederick O'Riley; Son, Tom Ponten (Tammy); Daughter, Susan Ponten Kibbe (Archie); five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Please join us in a Celebration of Life at 10:00 am on 27 August at First Evangelical Free Church, 820 S. 30th Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904. It will also be streamed at www.1freechurch.org and click on the service link. In lieu of flowers or gifts, memorial donation may be made to Joni & Friends Wheels for the World or Mephibosheth Ministry Ghana.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gazette on Aug. 23, 2022.

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Togi Kinnaman

March 16, 2024

I will never forget Mary Jane and her energy and strength and love and vitality for the Lord and ministry to the disabled when we went to Ghana together with her ministry to give wheelchairs to the disabled, She was an inspiration. Love and peace

Anne K.

December 3, 2022

I just listen to her story, I wish I could of meet her. She sounded like she was an awesome and truly blessed woman. You can still listen to her story on the unshackled app. Her story shows if God can use her he can use anyone.

Denise Brindamour

September 27, 2022

I just finished listening to Mary Jane's story on "Unshackled" and decided to look her up to see if she was still living because her story aired in 2002 and she said she was 72. What a wonderful story! I have listened to it many times and been blessed. You are blessed to have her and your dad as parents. I will be thinking of you and praying for you as you grieve your loss.

Donna Storm

August 22, 2022

Oh Shorty. Our hearts ache as we grieve but they also smile with all of the love, cherished memories and kindness you showed us all. You are missed, your are loved!!

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27

Celebration of Life

10:00 a.m.

First Evangelical Free Church

820 S. 30th Street, Colorado Springs, CO

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Shrine of Remembrance

1730 East Fountain Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80910

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