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Thank you to my sister Barbara McPharlin for taking the photo of our sister Mary's headstone , her love of family shines through, thanks again sweetie.
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Mary was my oldest sister
Mary completed her Confirmation with the Emmanuel Lutheran Church on
June 19, 1955 Detroit, Michigan. By
Her siblings were as follows :
James Cornell McVeigh Born August 12,1940 -Died May 28, 2017
Barbara Ann (McVeigh) Nurmi , Mc Pharlin
Beverly Jean McVeigh Born October 1, 1943-Died January 1, 1944
Darlene Ann (Cavin) Brindley
Charles Thomas Cavin Born Sept 12,1946
Ralph Sewell Cavin Born July 1947 - Died July 1947
Cloyd Samuel Moyer Born February 26,1954- Died September16,2014
Patricia Louise Moyer Born October 1958
Mary was the mother of six children with her first husband Donald Erwin Williams FAG#90017384 children are as follows:
Kevin Anthony Ball Williams Born September 16, 1958 - died October 24, 2014
Donna Jean "Williams" Carriveau
Karen Diane "Williams" Agges
Brain Donald Williams
Cathy Williams
Diane Helen Williams
Mary had 22 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Mary's first marriage failed
She then married
John Koras
John H Cavanaugh (August 2,1941-May 1,2012) who proceeded her in death
Mary worked as a waitress from the age of 15 at a little restaurant located at the corner of 12th and Canfield streets in Detroit, Michigan. (Can not remember the name now) ,never asking anything from anyone. One of her first pay checks she spent on a doll for me. I was a stinker and found it before Christmas. It was darn near as big as me, my sister Barbara helped me hide it again under Mama's bed. Making me promise not to say a word, it was so hard to keep my excitement undercover for what seemed to be an eternity.
Mary was wonderful at interior decorating and her love of antiques filled her home with lovely pieces from a bygone eras. Her eye for where things should be placed was amazing. I always thought she should have been an interior design consultant
Mary could cook and bake so that it was hard to push away from the table. You'd find big stuffed goose on her table or nut and oyster filled stuffing. In her younger years she seemed to take great joy in this. Marble and checkerboard cakes were often found at her home. It makes me hungry with just the thought of her magic.
Mary loved the water, ocean or lakes but she never learned to swim just like our Mama. She was fun to tease when I was little. She would squeal when the water waves came to close to shore and would splash up on her where she was sitting.
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To all who stop with flowers and words for my oldest sister I am forever grateful, Thank you in advance for your kindness.
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Thank you to my sister Barbara McPharlin for taking the photo of our sister Mary's headstone , her love of family shines through, thanks again sweetie.
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Mary was my oldest sister
Mary completed her Confirmation with the Emmanuel Lutheran Church on
June 19, 1955 Detroit, Michigan. By
Her siblings were as follows :
James Cornell McVeigh Born August 12,1940 -Died May 28, 2017
Barbara Ann (McVeigh) Nurmi , Mc Pharlin
Beverly Jean McVeigh Born October 1, 1943-Died January 1, 1944
Darlene Ann (Cavin) Brindley
Charles Thomas Cavin Born Sept 12,1946
Ralph Sewell Cavin Born July 1947 - Died July 1947
Cloyd Samuel Moyer Born February 26,1954- Died September16,2014
Patricia Louise Moyer Born October 1958
Mary was the mother of six children with her first husband Donald Erwin Williams FAG#90017384 children are as follows:
Kevin Anthony Ball Williams Born September 16, 1958 - died October 24, 2014
Donna Jean "Williams" Carriveau
Karen Diane "Williams" Agges
Brain Donald Williams
Cathy Williams
Diane Helen Williams
Mary had 22 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Mary's first marriage failed
She then married
John Koras
John H Cavanaugh (August 2,1941-May 1,2012) who proceeded her in death
Mary worked as a waitress from the age of 15 at a little restaurant located at the corner of 12th and Canfield streets in Detroit, Michigan. (Can not remember the name now) ,never asking anything from anyone. One of her first pay checks she spent on a doll for me. I was a stinker and found it before Christmas. It was darn near as big as me, my sister Barbara helped me hide it again under Mama's bed. Making me promise not to say a word, it was so hard to keep my excitement undercover for what seemed to be an eternity.
Mary was wonderful at interior decorating and her love of antiques filled her home with lovely pieces from a bygone eras. Her eye for where things should be placed was amazing. I always thought she should have been an interior design consultant
Mary could cook and bake so that it was hard to push away from the table. You'd find big stuffed goose on her table or nut and oyster filled stuffing. In her younger years she seemed to take great joy in this. Marble and checkerboard cakes were often found at her home. It makes me hungry with just the thought of her magic.
Mary loved the water, ocean or lakes but she never learned to swim just like our Mama. She was fun to tease when I was little. She would squeal when the water waves came to close to shore and would splash up on her where she was sitting.
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To all who stop with flowers and words for my oldest sister I am forever grateful, Thank you in advance for your kindness.
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Thank you to my sister Barbara McPharlin for taking the photo of our sister Mary's headstone , her love of family shines through, thanks again sweetie.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mary was my oldest sister
Mary completed her Confirmation with the Emmanuel Lutheran Church on
June 19, 1955 Detroit, Michigan. By
Her siblings were as follows :
James Cornell McVeigh Born August 12,1940 -Died May 28, 2017
Barbara Ann (McVeigh) Nurmi , Mc Pharlin
Beverly Jean McVeigh Born October 1, 1943-Died January 1, 1944
Darlene Ann (Cavin) Brindley
Charles Thomas Cavin Born Sept 12,1946
Ralph Sewell Cavin Born July 1947 - Died July 1947
Cloyd Samuel Moyer Born February 26,1954- Died September16,2014
Patricia Louise Moyer Born October 1958
Mary was the mother of six children with her first husband Donald Erwin Williams FAG#90017384 children are as follows:
Kevin Anthony Ball Williams Born September 16, 1958 - died October 24, 2014
Donna Jean "Williams" Carriveau
Karen Diane "Williams" Agges
Brain Donald Williams
Cathy Williams
Diane Helen Williams
Mary had 22 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Mary's first marriage failed
She then married
John Koras
John H Cavanaugh (August 2,1941-May 1,2012) who proceeded her in death
Mary worked as a waitress from the age of 15 at a little restaurant located at the corner of 12th and Canfield streets in Detroit, Michigan. (Can not remember the name now) ,never asking anything from anyone. One of her first pay checks she spent on a doll for me. I was a stinker and found it before Christmas. It was darn near as big as me, my sister Barbara helped me hide it again under Mama's bed. Making me promise not to say a word, it was so hard to keep my excitement undercover for what seemed to be an eternity.
Mary was wonderful at interior decorating and her love of antiques filled her home with lovely pieces from a bygone eras. Her eye for where things should be placed was amazing. I always thought she should have been an interior design consultant
Mary could cook and bake so that it was hard to push away from the table. You'd find big stuffed goose on her table or nut and oyster filled stuffing. In her younger years she seemed to take great joy in this. Marble and checkerboard cakes were often found at her home. It makes me hungry with just the thought of her magic.
Mary loved the water, ocean or lakes but she never learned to swim just like our Mama. She was fun to tease when I was little. She would squeal when the water waves came to close to shore and would splash up on her where she was sitting.
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To all who stop with flowers and words for my oldest sister I am forever grateful, Thank you in advance for your kindness.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you to my sister Barbara McPharlin for taking the photo of our sister Mary's headstone , her love of family shines through, thanks again sweetie.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mary was my oldest sister
Mary completed her Confirmation with the Emmanuel Lutheran Church on
June 19, 1955 Detroit, Michigan. By
Her siblings were as follows :
James Cornell McVeigh Born August 12,1940 -Died May 28, 2017
Barbara Ann (McVeigh) Nurmi , Mc Pharlin
Beverly Jean McVeigh Born October 1, 1943-Died January 1, 1944
Darlene Ann (Cavin) Brindley
Charles Thomas Cavin Born Sept 12,1946
Ralph Sewell Cavin Born July 1947 - Died July 1947
Cloyd Samuel Moyer Born February 26,1954- Died September16,2014
Patricia Louise Moyer Born October 1958
Mary was the mother of six children with her first husband Donald Erwin Williams FAG#90017384 children are as follows:
Kevin Anthony Ball Williams Born September 16, 1958 - died October 24, 2014
Donna Jean "Williams" Carriveau
Karen Diane "Williams" Agges
Brain Donald Williams
Cathy Williams
Diane Helen Williams
Mary had 22 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Mary's first marriage failed
She then married
John Koras
John H Cavanaugh (August 2,1941-May 1,2012) who proceeded her in death
Mary worked as a waitress from the age of 15 at a little restaurant located at the corner of 12th and Canfield streets in Detroit, Michigan. (Can not remember the name now) ,never asking anything from anyone. One of her first pay checks she spent on a doll for me. I was a stinker and found it before Christmas. It was darn near as big as me, my sister Barbara helped me hide it again under Mama's bed. Making me promise not to say a word, it was so hard to keep my excitement undercover for what seemed to be an eternity.
Mary was wonderful at interior decorating and her love of antiques filled her home with lovely pieces from a bygone eras. Her eye for where things should be placed was amazing. I always thought she should have been an interior design consultant
Mary could cook and bake so that it was hard to push away from the table. You'd find big stuffed goose on her table or nut and oyster filled stuffing. In her younger years she seemed to take great joy in this. Marble and checkerboard cakes were often found at her home. It makes me hungry with just the thought of her magic.
Mary loved the water, ocean or lakes but she never learned to swim just like our Mama. She was fun to tease when I was little. She would squeal when the water waves came to close to shore and would splash up on her where she was sitting.
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To all who stop with flowers and words for my oldest sister I am forever grateful, Thank you in advance for your kindness.
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