Mary Frances Schuyler

Friday, Aug. 01, 2025

April 4, 1943 ~ June 28, 2025

Mary Frances Schuyler, known to her loved ones and friends as Tooky, 82, passed away on June 28, 2025 in Koblenz, Germany while on a river cruise enroute to a family reunion in Norway.   Born on April 4, 1943 to Dr. Herbert Zachareus and Juliet Litman Lund in Cleveland, Ohio.  She dedicated her life to her family, her faith, and her career, embodying the virtues of selflessness, compassion and hard work.

Tooky grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and Greensboro, North Carolina. She earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Vermont in 1965. She came to Utah in 1973 and worked as a medical technologist at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden for 35 years. Her commitment to her faith was evident in her active participation at Saint Florence Catholic Mission in Huntsville. She was a long-serving member of the St. Joseph Parish RCIA team, helping to bring the uninitiated into the Catholic Church.  She was also a lay ecclesial minister, which led her to a much deeper understanding and commitment to her faith. 

Unconditional love was her strength, and giving to others was her exceptional gift. If you knew Tooky, you were lucky enough to feel loved by her. She was kind to everyone and offered help in any way she could.  

A vigil service will be on Monday, August 4, 2025, 6 - 8 p.m. with a recitation of the Holy Rosary beginning at 7 p.m. at St. Florence Catholic Mission, 6461 UT-39, Huntsville. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 10 a.m. at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, 514 24th Street, Ogden. Tooky will be laid to rest following the funeral Mass at Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, 275 U St., Salt Lake City. A celebration of her life will be on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 1-3 p.m. at Starks Funeral Parlor, 3651 South 900 East, Salt Lake City. Guests are encouraged to park on the north side of the building. Please share your memories with her family at starksfuneral.com.

Tooky is survived by husband Deacon Howard Schuyler; brothers John P. Lund and Larry Lund; and nieces and nephews Hannah Taylor, Juliet Holder, Zachary Conron, Erin Lum, Jessica Leth and Eric Lund. She is preceded in death by her parents; first husband John Weir; sister Edith Lund; nephew Zachary Lund; and sisters-in-law Phyllis Lund and Nancy Lund.