(Community Matters) Attended a grave site service in Bastrop for a former business partner, Mary Mooney. Mary was one of the founders of Minco Technology Labs. She died of breast cancer which had metastasized into liver cancer.

Mary retired to a ranch in Bastrop in 2004 where she and her late husband, Truman, raised cattle and lots of pets. She was a motherly, gracious woman who also reminded us to treat each other as family – not that we always did. It was good to see many of the old guard today. Minco had real glory days in the 90s – company spinoffs, European privatizations (or close thereto), a new plant in TN, new product lines. The industry for military and space level product has changed a great deal since the late 90s. Mary was a key founder and contributor to the company’s best days.