Mary Anne Kublin

Mary Anne was born on October 23, 1934, in Dallas, Texas, a daughter of the late John and Ethel (Olson) Johnson. She attended Kingswood High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and graduated from Redford High School in Detroit in 1952. She then attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and graduated from the Henry Ford School of Nursing in 1956. Mary Anne worked as a registered nurse at various hospitals through the years.

After retiring from nursing, Mary Anne owned a pottery studio business. She volunteered with Child and Family Services in Marquette, Covenant House in New York City and the RSVP Program.

Mary Anne was a member of St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette. She previously served on the boards of The Women’s Center, Harbor House, the Lake Superior Art Association and the First Nighters Club Advisory Board at NMU.

She is survived by her beloved husband of 60 years, John G. “Jack” Kublin, whom she married on June 16, 1960, at Trinity Church in Washington, DC; four children, James G. (Zara) Kublin, M.D. of Seattle, WA, Theresa (Donald) Crawley of Scottsdale, AZ; George E. (Wendy) Kublin of Cincinnati, OH and Gregory T. (Cheryl) Kublin of Marquette, MI; 10 grandchildren, August, Henno, Delphine, Abraham, Graham, Xavier, Nigel, Joshua, Leeanna (Elliot) Eckstein, and Allison; one great- granddaughter, Ellenora Eckstein; one sister, Ellen Ayers of Bloomfield Hills, MI; a brother, Peter Johnson of Marquette; nieces Julie, Jodie and Jamie and other close relatives and friends in Skandia and across the country.

Preceding Mary Anne in death besides her parents, was a brother, John E. Johnson on March 1, 2020.

Many of us remember Mary Anne’s laughter, generosity and love. She will also be well remembered by many friends who crossed her paths as she exercised her interest in becoming an excellent bridge player and as she pursued the art of ceramics. Her grandchildren have many a story of her playing notoriously intense games of Smear and Catan where her competitive spirit reigned supreme. They also recall her gentle guidance of their smaller hands on the potter’s wheel where she extolled on the challenges in life and in centering a lump of clay, with her frequent reminders that “life may not be fair or kind, but you can be.”

Mary Anne was also an avid reader, skier, runner, and an occasional deckhand on the Kublin sailboat in the Trans Superior, Detroit- and Chicago – to – Mackinac races. She was intrigued by a great diversity of topics and fascinated by the many forms of psychological testing that she practiced on all her relatives, most assiduously the Meyers-Briggs type indicator on her children and grandchildren. She was baptized into the Catholic church in 1955 and continued a close connection to the sacraments and other practices as a devoted follower of the church. All of which she pursued with the ambition of knowing God and oneself.

The Kublin family will greet relatives and friends on Wednesday, December 30th from 4 to 7 p.m. at Canale-Tonella Funeral Home and Cremation Services where a parish vigil will be recited 6:15 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday at 2 p.m. in St. Peter Cathedral with the Rev. Msgr. Michael Steber officiating and Deacon Jack Leadbetter assisting. Interment will take place in the Park Cemetery. Her Funeral Mass will be live streamed at https://my. gather.app/remember/ mary-anne-kublin

Those wishing to make an expression of sympathy are kindly asked to consider Habitat for Humanity, 2354 U.S. 41 South, Marquette, MI 49855 or to St. Peter Cathedral, 311 W. Baraga Ave., Marquette, MI 49855 in Mary Anne’s memory.

Canale-Tonella Funeral Home and Cremation Services is assisting the Kublin family where memories of Mary Anne may be shared at canalefuneral.com.