Mary Ann Kaszubowski

Maryann passed away at Beaumont, Trenton Hospital ICUon Monday, March 23, 2020 after a long struggle to recover from a car accident on February 17, 2020. 

Maryann was born on July 2, 1946 in Alpena, Michigan the first born of 4 girls.  She was named Mary and when her Grandmother Martha Panowicz first saw her she said in broken English “That’s my Maddyann” and Mary was from then on was called Maryann by family and friends who knew her.

Maryann graduated from Gods Bible School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1964 and from Adrian, Michigan Bixby Hospital School of Nursing in 1966 graduating as a Licensed Practical Nurse.  She went on to Graduate from Prescription Medical School in 1984.  Maryann was employed by Bixby Hospital as a LPN, Blue Cross Blue Shield in Ann Arbor, Michigan doing medical transcriptions and billing, at a Special Needs Nursing Home in Ann Arbor, Michigan and lastly Maryann was employed as a prison nurse at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan and retired from that job.

  Maryann has enjoyed traveling and shared that love with her Grandmother Pearl Brockway, Aunt Ruby Rodgers and sisters Arlene, Jeanette and Pat.  She really enjoyed having Sunday dinner, playing games and going to bingo with her sister Arlene.  Maryann enjoyed researching the Kaszubowski/Hayka and Brockway/Hoffman family genealogy by traveling to several libraries in Michigan, Ohio and Connecticut.  She poured over microfilm at the Adrian, Lansing, Monroe and Petersburg Michigan libraries 3 days a week for 20 years.  Maryann enjoyed doing the research and Pat entered all of the information on her computer and Ancestry. After Maryann purchased a computer the next 10 years she looked up obituaries from newspapers and funeral homes sending email links to Pat sometimes as many as 30 a day.  The family tree on Ancestry is added to daily with information Maryann found and contains copies of birth, sports, engagements, weddings and obituaries that she found.  The family tree is full of detailed information because of Maryann's love and dedication. Maryann enjoyed knitting and crocheting trying new patterns to make things for family.  She was not a person to have a frilly or fancy home as she lived in a modest place with the basic necessities.  Her family meant the world to her and she gave them so many personal gifts of things that they collected or enjoyed.

Maryann is survived by her spunky, mischievous love of her life Precious the cat.

She is preceded in death by her parents and sisters Jeannette Jewell and Arlene Coleman. Maryann is survived by her sister Mrs. Patricia “Pat’ (Keith) Thomas and their children Retired Staff Sergeant Timothy Himburg and Mr. James (Dawn DMV) Lindsey and their children Hailey Lindsey (fiancé Hunter Demonbreun), Alexis and Samantha Lindsey; sister Arlene’s son Robert (Bob) Coleman Jr. (wife Kathy) and their children Joshua Coleman and Mrs. Brandon (Kierstyn) Boring.

Arlene’s daughter Jane Coleman and Jane’s daughter Nadine Coleman and Nadine’s son Zavyer Coleman, Jane’s son Nathaniel Miranda,Jane’s daughter Destini Coleman (Boyfriend Tazen Whitman) and children Jaidyn Coleman, TheodoreWhitman and Louis Whitman. Jeanette’s children Amie Lynch and Amie’s daughter Ericka Lynch.Jeanette’s son Christopher (Chris) Cutlipand his child. sister Jeanette’s daughter Mrs. Mike (Marsha) Osgood.Marsha’s children Kourtnie Beck and Makayla Beck along with Marsha and Mike’s son Jeremy Osgood. Maryann was blessed to have a friend Rhonda Elliott who helped her in many ways the last few years.   

     Her sister Pat has just this to say “Oh Maryann”“Oh Maryann” “She understands.”

   Arrangements have been entrusted with the Castillo Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Toledo, Ohio.

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