HIGHLAND BEACH — Mary Jo (McCoy) Pollock died Dec. 3 after a lengthy illness. She was 69.
Born in Akron, Ohio, she was raised in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where she eventually attended the university there and graduated with a degree in physical education. Professionally she worked in the insurance industry and taught physical education in Boardman, Ohio.
Throughout her life she has lived in Austintown, Ohio; Lisbon, Ohio; Hudson, Ohio; Red Bank, New Jersey; and for the past 18 years in Highland Beach.
Her greatest pleasures in life were her family, dance and travel. Married to and survived by her husband, Richard Pollock, she took great pleasure in calling herself “the Y wife” due to his career as a YMCA president and CEO. Other nicknames included MJ, Mama Jo, and her favorite, Grandma Jo.
She was a member of the Delray Beach Club, the YMCA Alumni Association and the Heritage Club of the YMCA of South Palm Beach County. She was a founding member of the Jack and Bodhi Girard Youth Hockey Fan Club. She was predeceased by her first husband, Jack “Fozz” Mills, and her mother, Joan Barker McCoy. She is survived by her father, Robert McCoy; husband, Richard Pollock; daughter Shenley Mills Girard and her husband, Peter Girard; daughter Shelby Mills and her partner, John Lewer; siblings Barbara Cramer and husband, Danny; Dale McCoy and wife, Kris; Lynn Clancy and husband, Michael; brother and sister-in-law Dave and Anita Pollock; many nieces and nephews, members of the Mills family, and her beloved grandsons, Jack and Bodhi Girard.
A celebration of her life is planned for a future date. Contributions in her name may be made to the Boca Helping Hands organization in Boca Raton.
— Obituary submitted by the family
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