We are sorry to announce that Mary Rose Tully, chair of the MCH Breastfeeding Committee, died of pancreatic cancer on Jan. 20, 2010. A self-described “Energizer bunny,” her cheerful vitality will be sorely missed by those of us who knew her. Toward the end, Mary Rose was still lucid and funny, and she spent her time as she lived: smiling and holding hands while she listened to people.

In her last days, Mary Rose worked with her family to establish The Mary Rose Tully Education Fund, which will be used to create an educational trust for her granddaughter Anika, as well as to initiate an ongoing scholarship fund for graduate breastfeeding education at the UNC School of Public Health Department of Maternal and Child Health, to carry on Mary’s passion for her life’s work. Please send any donations to:

        The Mary Rose Tully Education Fund
        c/o Karen Britt Peeler, Attorney-at-Law
        P.O. Box 12154
        Raleigh, NC  27605

If you wish to direct your contribution to a specific purpose, please indicate that on your check. Any personal notes to Mary’s family will be delivered to them. 

The MCH Section will also accept gifts to our enrichment fund in memory of Mary Rose. For more information, contact our Section Secretary, Karen VanLandeghem at kvanlandeghem@ameritech.net.