Mona Hollowell
Mona Hollowell of Hampton Bays died on Monday, May 25, at the age of 91.
The daughter of Charles Lamont MacDonald and Elsa C. Hemberg (Clinton), Ms. Hollowell graduated from Bay Ridge High School and Hunter College, and earned a master’s degree from William Paterson University in New Jersey. She taught at elementary schools in Garfield, New Jersey, from 1964 to 1987 while living in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
In 1994, she moved to her parents’ home in Hampton Bays where she was a member of the Quilting Connection and volunteered with Literacy Volunteers of America, Suffolk County, survivors said. She privately tutored English, reading and math. Additionally, Ms. Hollowell was a certified pilot with the U.S. Power Squadron and often volunteered as a voting inspector with her son Scott Hollowell.
Ms. Hollowell spoke seven languages and was deeply interested in history, anthropology and linguistics, and was connected to her Scottish roots as a member of the Tyree Association. Mrs. M. MacLeod, of Tyree, is Ms. Hollowell’s cousin, as is Morag M. Broughton of Kelowna, British Columbia. Ms. Hollowell’s connections to Sweden survive via relatives in Lund.
She is survived by her three children from her marriage to Albert Francis (Frank) Hollowell, who predeceased her in 1980: Scott of Hampton Bays, Britta of California and Nina Hollowell of New Jersey. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Elaine Damera Swanson of Connecticut, Charles Stuart Brown of Oklahoma and Dylan Michael Bishop of New Jersey.
Ms. Hollowell was predeceased by her brother, Charles Lamont MacDonald Jr.
A private funeral service was held at the family home on Friday, June 1. Arrangements were entrusted to the J. Ronald Scott Funeral Home in Hampton Bays.
on Jun 1, 2012