Mary Boffa: A Fresh View of the
Future
Mary Boffa's hobby was her sprawling, close-knit
family. She had 3 sisters and nearly 30 first cousins.
They provided plenty to do on weekends. When she was
growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, there was
always a cousin to play with. Her father was a
blue-collar worker at Western Electric and her mother was
a school cafeteria worker. At age 45, Ms. Boffa was an
associate vice president for Marsh & McLennan, the
financial services conglomerate in 1 World Trade Center.
She had recently separated from her husband and moved
into a two-bedroom apartment on Staten Island. It had a
view of the Verazzano-Narrows Bridge. She had new
furniture. "She was very excited," said her nephew,
Michael Trudeau. "It was renewal for her."
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