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Mary Louise O'Brien

Posted 6/7/08

Mary Louise 'Lulu' O'Brien, 63 LEWES - Mary Louise "Lulu" O'Brien, of Rehoboth Beach, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at Beebe Medical Center, Lewes. She was 63. She was born Dec. 15, 1944, …

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Mary Louise O'Brien

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Mary Louise 'Lulu' O'Brien, 63

LEWES - Mary Louise "Lulu" O'Brien, of Rehoboth Beach, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at Beebe Medical Center, Lewes. She was 63.

She was born Dec. 15, 1944, in Bethesda, Md., daughter of the late Robert Emmet and Elizabeth Virginia (Franklin) O'Brien.

Lulu and her husband of 11 years, Leonard P. Kober, relocated to the beach five years ago from Rockville, Md.

Lulu had worked in real estate conducting title searches.

She was an avid antique shopper, gardener, decorator and bargain hunter. She enjoyed iced tea, Coca-Cola and Monday burger night in Lewes. She loved playing cards especially bunko and solitaire, she controlled the TV remote 24-7, she loved red shoes, Cadillacs and fast cars. She enjoyed baking - brownies were a favorite.

She was a member of St. Edmond's Catholic Church.

Lulu will always be with her loved ones, "Our eyes see what our hearts cannot believe."

In addition to her beloved husband Leonard, Lulu is survived by four daughters, Kathleen Haden and her husband Jess of Charlottesville, Va., Karen Ruppel-Mullervy and her husband Colin of Crownsville, Md., Jeanne Lange and her husband Steve of Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Diana Kober of Owings Mills, Md.; two sons, Patrick Kober and his wife Mary Beth of Oil City, Pa., and Timothy Kober of Raleigh, N.C.; two grandsons, Emmet P. and John Carr Hayden; two sisters, Betty J. Linthicum of Rehoboth Beach and Patricia C. Meier of Virginia Beach, Va.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father James Downs at St. Edmond's Catholic Church at 2 p.m. Monday. Friends may call at the church at 1 p.m. Interment will be private.

Arrangements are being handled by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Lewes.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Beebe Medical Center, Cardiac Care Unit, 424 Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958.

Send online condolences to condolences@parsellfuneralhomes.com.

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