Mary Lou Mawdsley died at her home in San Mateo, CA on October 15, 2013. She was born in Oakland on March 18, 1929, the daughter of Paul Murdock Ellwood, MD and Mary Rebecca Logan Ellwood. She graduated from Oakland High School and earned her BS in Nursing at UC Berkeley and UCSF. On July 8, 1951 Mary Lou married the late Dean Lyman Mawdsley, MD and they settled permanently in Hillsborough in 1959.

Always engaging others with a kind word and a warm smile, Mary Lou will be remembered for her devotion to all within her circle. She was a member of the Hillsborough Auxiliary to Community Gatepath, the San Mateo County Medical Auxiliary, AAUW, DAR, the Carolands Garden Club, Republican Women and the Town & Country Club. She was a proud Delta Gamma sister, a courageous Girl Scout leader during her daughter's junior high school years, and active with the San Mateo County Historical Society and the Altar Guild of the Congregational Church of San Mateo. Mary Lou was a superb hostess, who radiated energy and loved welcoming friends and family regularly into her beloved home.

Mrs. Mawdsley is survived by her children, Janet Mawdsley Offensend of Brooklyn, NY and Alan Dean Mawdsley of Frederick, MD; their spouses David Glenn Offensend and Teresa Ann Puhr Mawdsley; her brother Paul Murdock Ellwood, Jr., MD of Bonderant, WY; and four grandchildren, Rebecca Lee Offensend, Christopher David Offensend, Karen Ann Mawdsley and James Paul Mawdsley.

A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, November 16 at 2pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 1500 Easton Drive, Burlingame, CA.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Community Gatepath and the San Mateo County Historical Society.