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Mary Lorena Hollopeter Bramlett, died December 12, 1998. She was born May 20, 1905 to parents Lorena (Rena) Lithgow Hollopeter and Rutherford Vincent Hollopeter. Preceded in death by sister, Beatrice McNall; brothers, Henry, Ralph and Walter Hollopeter. Survived by daughter, Lorena Lithgow Potter; and husband, Charles Irwin Potter of Dallas, Texas; granddaughter, Pamela Lorena Potter of Jacksonville, AR; son, William Bramlett and wife, Suzanne of Las Cruces, NM. Mary was raised in Dubois, PA, started college in Clarion, PA at the age of 17. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Education from UNM in 1955, at the age of 50. She"always knew" she wanted to be a teacher and taught for many years-in Santa Fe Indian Schools, Taos Pueblo Day School, Taos, NM; various New Mexico Public Schools and Albuquerque Public Schools; as well as Old Armijo and Whittier Elementary. She retired from Whittier in 1971. Her first teaching position was a once room country school in Pennsylvania. She was 18. Mary and husband, William Bramlett, came to New Mexico in the early 1930's. She loved the Southwest and absorbed its richness of art and culture. She was also a business woman-running a flower and gift shop in Albuquerque in the early 1940's. Services will be held on Tuesday, December 15, at 10:30 a.m. at Fitzgerald & Sons Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Sandia Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are being provided by Fitzgerald & Sons Funeral Home located at 3113 Carlisle Blvd. NE.
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