OTTAWA – Mary B. McCormack, 94, of Ottawa, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at LaSalle County Nursing Home in Ottawa.

Mary was born Nov. 30, 1918, in LaSalle, to Adam and Helen (Wylepski) Rachwalski. She married Eugene McCormack on May 6, 1939, at St. Columba Rectory in Ottawa. He passed away on Sept. 9, 2009. She retired from Illinois Office Supply and owned McCormack’s Tap in Ottawa. She was a member of St. Mary Church in Naplate, Catholic Daughters of Americas and the Graphic Arts Union.

She is survived by two daughters, Linda (Ronald) Samolinski of LaSalle and Teresa (Michael) Brunick of Dixon; one son, Eugene “Skip” (Nancy) McCormack of Oak Park; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Harold (Phyllis) Rafalski of Florida and Eugene (Jan) Rafalski of Ottawa.