Mabel died at the Retirement Center in Buffalo, MN of cerebral thrombosis.
Mabel was a registered nurse, a 1919 graduate of Mounds-Midway school of nursing in St Paul. A member of the St Paul Archdiocesan Council of Catholic nurses, the Mounds-MidwayAlumnae association, the 4th District Minnesota Nurses association, the Cenacle Retreat League in Wayzata, and St. Francis Parish in Buffalo. She was engaged in private duty nursing at Midway hospital, St Paul, until her retirement in 1962 at the age of 72. She died at age 77.
Ambrose Gaffaney knew Mabel and Emily, who were both registered nurses. They used to visit James and Catherine Gaffaney. Mabel never married.