Mary Ann Durkee
Mary Ann Durkee, 95, of Sebewaing, passed away Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, while a resident of the Lutheran Home in Frankenmuth.
Mary Ann Frei was born in 1916 to the late Joseph and Julia (Walters) Frei, on the family farm near Caseville. In her late teen years, she moved to the Saginaw area and lived with her brother Frank. There, she worked in a bakery, a manufacturing plant and as a seamstress for a clothing store. She did not drive at the time and rode the bus to many of the places she went. Her future husband, Robert Nelson Durkee, was a bus driver in Saginaw, and that is how they met. They married in 1946 in Chicago. She spent most of the rest of her life in Rose Island and Sebewaing. She worked many years for the Best Tackle Company assembling fish hooks. She also sewed and mended clothes for Kunisch Clothing, and until age 93, for many area residents. She loved fishing, especially on the fishing party boat named the Mary Ann that Captain Bob operated in the early 1960’s. She also enjoyed bowling, playing cards and being with the many wonderful friends she had.
She is survived by three sons, Gaylor (Brenda) of Dandridge, Tenn., James of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Richard (Julie) of Birch Run; one daughter, Shelia, of Ortonville; two sisters: Helen Deering of Bay Port and Pauline Cherry of Homosassa Springs, Fla.; and many grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert, after 33 years of marriage; son, Robert M. Durkee (survived by his wife Isabel Durkee); brothers, Frank and George; and sisters, Anna Fischer (should be Fischler) and Martha Light.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Trinity United Methodist Church on M-25 in Sebewaing. The burial service will take place at 2 p.m. in Caseville Township Cemetery with the immediate family.
The visitation will take place from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Juengel-Mellendorf Funeral Home in Sebewaing and from 10 a.m. until the time of service Wednesday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church or the Lutheran Home-Frankenmuth
Mary Ann Durkee, 95, of Sebewaing, passed away Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, while a resident of the Lutheran Home in Frankenmuth.
Mary Ann Frei was born in 1916 to the late Joseph and Julia (Walters) Frei, on the family farm near Caseville. In her late teen years, she moved to the Saginaw area and lived with her brother Frank. There, she worked in a bakery, a manufacturing plant and as a seamstress for a clothing store. She did not drive at the time and rode the bus to many of the places she went. Her future husband, Robert Nelson Durkee, was a bus driver in Saginaw, and that is how they met. They married in 1946 in Chicago. She spent most of the rest of her life in Rose Island and Sebewaing. She worked many years for the Best Tackle Company assembling fish hooks. She also sewed and mended clothes for Kunisch Clothing, and until age 93, for many area residents. She loved fishing, especially on the fishing party boat named the Mary Ann that Captain Bob operated in the early 1960’s. She also enjoyed bowling, playing cards and being with the many wonderful friends she had.
She is survived by three sons, Gaylor (Brenda) of Dandridge, Tenn., James of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Richard (Julie) of Birch Run; one daughter, Shelia, of Ortonville; two sisters: Helen Deering of Bay Port and Pauline Cherry of Homosassa Springs, Fla.; and many grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert, after 33 years of marriage; son, Robert M. Durkee (survived by his wife Isabel Durkee); brothers, Frank and George; and sisters, Anna Fischer (should be Fischler) and Martha Light.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Trinity United Methodist Church on M-25 in Sebewaing. The burial service will take place at 2 p.m. in Caseville Township Cemetery with the immediate family.
The visitation will take place from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Juengel-Mellendorf Funeral Home in Sebewaing and from 10 a.m. until the time of service Wednesday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church or the Lutheran Home-Frankenmuth
Mary Ann Durkee
Mary Ann Durkee, 95, of Sebewaing, passed away Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, while a resident of the Lutheran Home in Frankenmuth.
Mary Ann Frei was born in 1916 to the late Joseph and Julia (Walters) Frei, on the family farm near Caseville. In her late teen years, she moved to the Saginaw area and lived with her brother Frank. There, she worked in a bakery, a manufacturing plant and as a seamstress for a clothing store. She did not drive at the time and rode the bus to many of the places she went. Her future husband, Robert Nelson Durkee, was a bus driver in Saginaw, and that is how they met. They married in 1946 in Chicago. She spent most of the rest of her life in Rose Island and Sebewaing. She worked many years for the Best Tackle Company assembling fish hooks. She also sewed and mended clothes for Kunisch Clothing, and until age 93, for many area residents. She loved fishing, especially on the fishing party boat named the Mary Ann that Captain Bob operated in the early 1960’s. She also enjoyed bowling, playing cards and being with the many wonderful friends she had.
She is survived by three sons, Gaylor (Brenda) of Dandridge, Tenn., James of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Richard (Julie) of Birch Run; one daughter, Shelia, of Ortonville; two sisters: Helen Deering of Bay Port and Pauline Cherry of Homosassa Springs, Fla.; and many grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert, after 33 years of marriage; son, Robert M. Durkee (survived by his wife Isabel Durkee); brothers, Frank and George; and sisters, Anna Fischer (should be Fischler) and Martha Light.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Trinity United Methodist Church on M-25 in Sebewaing. The burial service will take place at 2 p.m. in Caseville Township Cemetery with the immediate family.
The visitation will take place from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Juengel-Mellendorf Funeral Home in Sebewaing and from 10 a.m. until the time of service Wednesday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church or the Lutheran Home-Frankenmuth
Mary Ann Durkee, 95, of Sebewaing, passed away Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, while a resident of the Lutheran Home in Frankenmuth.
Mary Ann Frei was born in 1916 to the late Joseph and Julia (Walters) Frei, on the family farm near Caseville. In her late teen years, she moved to the Saginaw area and lived with her brother Frank. There, she worked in a bakery, a manufacturing plant and as a seamstress for a clothing store. She did not drive at the time and rode the bus to many of the places she went. Her future husband, Robert Nelson Durkee, was a bus driver in Saginaw, and that is how they met. They married in 1946 in Chicago. She spent most of the rest of her life in Rose Island and Sebewaing. She worked many years for the Best Tackle Company assembling fish hooks. She also sewed and mended clothes for Kunisch Clothing, and until age 93, for many area residents. She loved fishing, especially on the fishing party boat named the Mary Ann that Captain Bob operated in the early 1960’s. She also enjoyed bowling, playing cards and being with the many wonderful friends she had.
She is survived by three sons, Gaylor (Brenda) of Dandridge, Tenn., James of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Richard (Julie) of Birch Run; one daughter, Shelia, of Ortonville; two sisters: Helen Deering of Bay Port and Pauline Cherry of Homosassa Springs, Fla.; and many grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert, after 33 years of marriage; son, Robert M. Durkee (survived by his wife Isabel Durkee); brothers, Frank and George; and sisters, Anna Fischer (should be Fischler) and Martha Light.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Trinity United Methodist Church on M-25 in Sebewaing. The burial service will take place at 2 p.m. in Caseville Township Cemetery with the immediate family.
The visitation will take place from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Juengel-Mellendorf Funeral Home in Sebewaing and from 10 a.m. until the time of service Wednesday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church or the Lutheran Home-Frankenmuth
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