Mary Roberts
Mary J. (Maria Giuseppa Pieranunzio) Roberts, 93, a resident of Fox Run Manor, and formerly of Carey, passed away peacefully on Nov. 4, 2018, at Bridge Hospice Care Center at 8:22 a.m.
Mary was born on Nov. 25, 1924, to the late Dominic and Carmela (Martellacci) Pieranunzio, Carey, in their home on West Street. She married Thomas W. Pahl on Oct. 12, 1944, and they were divorced. They had four daughters. She later married Clifton E. Roberts in 1964 and he preceded her in death on Feb. 10, 1988.
Mary is survived by three daughters, Carol (Steven “Nugget”) Mullholand, Findlay; Cynthia “Cindie” (David) Bickelhaupt, Van Buren; and Elizabeth “Liz” (Andre Jackson) Pahl, Toledo. Mary is also survived by four grandchildren, April (Ruben) Perez, Tucson, Ariz.; Benjamin “Ben” (Kim) Bickelhaupt, Findlay; Brock Bickelhaupt, Findlay; and Brittney (Mark) Shepherd, Upper Sandusky; five great-grandchildren, Maria Trejo, Toledo; Kane Bickelhaupt, Findlay; Jaden Taczak, Lockport, N.Y.; Olivia Fife, Tucson, Ariz.; and Ivan Bickelhaupt, Findlay; one great-great-grandson, Silas Trejo-Vogel; three sisters, Dina Row, Carey; Jane Calmes, Monroe, Ga.; and Joan (Arden) Nye, Carey.
Preceding Mary in death were her eldest daughter, Beverly Pieranunzio-Cole on Nov. 5, 2012, and a brother, C.J. Pieranunzio.
Mary was formerly employed at The Dairy Store in Upper Sandusky during the 1940’s. She was a former employee at Westinghouse and Uni-Grip, Upper Sandusky, Islay’s Ice Cream Shoppe and Mullholand’s Pizza Shop in Carey during the 1960’s-80’s. Mary is best known for her many “garage sales” in Carey where she made crafts, including team snowmen and Victorian Santas. She was a very tender-hearted lady who would do “anything for anyone” and will be greatly missed by many. Mary enjoyed “Bingo” at Fox Run Manor where she often won many prizes. Many referred to her as the “Bingo Queen.”
Mary made the greatest decision of her life when she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior on July 4, 1997. Matthew 16:26, “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” Matthew 7:13-14, “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction and there are many who go in by it, because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life and there are few who find it.”
Visitation will be held Thursday, Nov. 8, from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at KirkPatrick-Behnke Funeral Home, Findlay. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home Friday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. David Miller of Gospel Fellowship Church, Rawson, officiating. Interment will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Carey.
Memorials may be made to Fox Run Manor Bingo Activities, 11745 TR 145, Findlay, OH 45840. Online condolences may be sent via www.kirkpatrickbehnke.com.
