By Antigone Barton
Gulf Stream — When thieves took a boy’s wheelchair, the story made the news.
Louise
Mallory’s response didn’t make the news, but the child got a new wheelchair.
That
was the way Mrs. Mallory wanted it, Frank Giacalone, her husband of 33 years,
said.
Whether
supporting major medical institutions, or replacing a child’s stolen
wheelchair, Louise Mallory found happiness in giving, he added.
The
philanthropist and Gulf Stream resident died March 28 at Bethesda Memorial
Hospital. She was 100 years old.
The
daughter of Frank and Edna Sobotka, Mrs. Mallory was born June 17, 1909, in
Washington, D.C. With a father in the diplomatic corps, she got in the habit of
traveling at a young age, and continued to love travel through her life —
taking five world cruises, Mr. Giacalone said. He could not think of country
she hadn’t visited.
She
married Philip Rogers Mallory, a founder of Duracell International Battery Co.,
and upon his death in 1975 she continued to give to the nonprofit Mystic
Seaport Museum, an educational institution with which the late Mr. Mallory was
involved, Mr. Giacalone said.
She
also donated to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center, he said.
“She
was just a very generous, kind, loving person,” Mr. Giacalone said. “A lot of
times she gave without any name recognition.”
Mrs.
Mallory’s remains were cremated and taken to sea. A service at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church in Delray Beach was officiated by Rev. Chip Stokes on April 9.
Memorial
donations may be made to Mystic Seaport Museum, at 75 Greenmanville Ave.,
Mystic, CN 06355.
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