Mary passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Howard County, MD. Beloved wife of Thomas Lynch, Sr.; mother of Caryn Bacon (Jeff), Tommy Lynch, Jr., Katy Lynch, Mary Galinat, Mike Lynch and Ann Lynch; grandmother of Patrick Bacon, Keith Bacon, Mary Claire Bacon, Emma Kate Bacon, Ryan Lynch, Sara Lynch, Kyle Galinat and Drew Galinat. Also survived by her three siblings Anne Cleary, Helen Fletcher and Jim Hayes. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), Monday, March 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Louis Catholic Church, 12500 Clarksville Pike, Clarksville, MD, on Tuesday, March 29, at 11 a.m. Interment St. Louis Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Louis Church; Gilchrist Hospice Care, 5537 Twin Knolls Road, Columbia, MD 21045 or Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland, Inc., 8380 Colesville Road, Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 20910.