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AFFELDT -- Mary Susan Affeldt, 76, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2003. Born July 12, 1927 to Hungarian immigrants, Paul and Susan Curtas, in Toledo, Ohio, Mary earned a Bachelor's degree and an M.B.A. from the University of Toledo. While studying, she served as Secretary to two Presidents of the University and married law professor, Robert J. Affeldt in 1959. Mary taught business courses for many years at Maumee High School in Maumee, Ohio and then served as Office Manager and paralegal for her husband's civil rights law firm in Sylvania, Ohio. There, they successfully prosecuted several class action discrimination cases on behalf of minorities and women against some of the country's largest companies, including McDonald's, Jeep Corporation, and Owens-Corning Fiberglass. After retiring and moving to Albuquerque with her husband in 1991, Mary became active in the local community, serving as Secretary to the Academy Park Homeowners' Association, a representative on the District 4 Neighborhood Coalition, a member of Albuquerque's Peace and Social Justice Commission, and an active member of the Aquinas Newman Center at UNM. Mary is survived by her husband, Robert; daughter, Elizabeth of Santa Fe; son, John and his wife, Karen Hoy, of Emeryville, California; son Robert, Jr., of Edinburgh, Texas; & sister, Helen Bordner of Toledo, Ohio. A funeral mass will be held Mon., Dec. 29, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. at the Aquinas Newman Center, 1815 Las Lomas, NE,with reception for family & friends to follow.
        Published on: Sun December 28, 2003