Marian Buckley Mohr

Marian passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on October 15, 2018. She was a descendent of one of the early pioneers of California, John Patrick Buckley, who arrived in California in 1849 and was a State Senator during early statehood. She was predeceased in 2006 by her husband of 56 years, Selby Mohr, M.D., and her parents, Adrian Vincent Buckley and Edna L. Buckley (Shaw). Marian was an only child. She is survived by and will be greatly missed by her children, Selby (Cathy), John (Elizabeth), Adrianne Vincent, and Gregory (Donna); grandchildren Alex (Blair), Hannah, Amelia, Grace Polly, Genevieve, Oliver, and Gabriel; and newly arrived great-grandson Charles.

Marian, a 4th generation San Franciscan, was born on April 10, 1921, lived all of her life in the Richmond District, and much of her early life in a house built by her grandparents at 77-22nd Avenue, one of the first houses in West Clay Park. Her father passed away at the young age of 43 when mom was only 13. A devoted life-long Catholic, her early education was at St. Monica’s elementary school where she made many lifelong friends. She then moved on to Presentation High School where she graduated in 1939. One of her classmates while at “Pres” was Lana Turner. After graduation she worked in downtown San Francisco at several different jobs until meeting and marrying Selby on June 10, 1950, exactly 30 years to-the-day after her parents were married.

From that time on she was a devoted wife, mother, homemaker, and lifelong volunteer involved for decades in many charities including The Mother’s Milk Bank Auxiliary and the Stanford Children’s Hospital, now the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, where she was a key fund raiser for the new hospital in 1991.

For over 60 years, Mom loved nothing more than to host parties, meetings, and get-togethers with friends, family and other volunteers at her home. Although age limited her ability to participate in the last few years, she hosted and attended many functions and enjoyed seeing the organizations flourish and grow. She was known for her fabulous duck dinners, celebrating the hunting success of Selby and the boys. She and Selby traveled to the far ends of the earth, made and met friends in many countries, and enjoyed life to the fullest. As she grew older and stopped driving, she still could tell her granddaughters the quickest route to any destination in The City, which streets were one-way, and where to turn left to save time in traffic. She was a proud San Franciscan right to the very end.

The family wants to thank all the caregivers (especially Big John and Evia) and friends who tirelessly cared for mom and visited often. Mom called the shots right up to the very end and everyone respected her wishes.

A mass honoring mom’s long life will be held this Monday October 22nd , at 10:30 am at St. Monica’s Church on Geary Blvd in SF.

Those wishing to honor her memory may send donations to Little Sisters of the Poor, 300 Lake St., SF.