Mary Rockefeller, YWCA booster

NEW YORK Mary French Rockefeller, 86, who worked for years onbehalf of the YWCA and donated her family homestead for a nationalpark, has died.

She died Thursday of injuries from a fall.

At age 24, she married Laurence Rockefeller, son of John D.Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Laurence was thegrandson of John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Co.Mrs. Rockefeller spent years working for the Young Women'sChristian Association. Her interest was generated by her mother andmother-in-law. She joined the YWCA's national board in 1951 andserved until she became a member of its board of trustees in 1988.She and her husband donated Mrs. Rockefeller's family home andsurrounding property in Woodstock, Vt., for the creation of anational historical park, which is not yet complete.