IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Mary Ann

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Grachanin

Aug 7, 1934 — May 6, 2010

Obituary

Boardman: Funeral services will be held 10am Saturday at the Wasko Funeral Home in Campbell will Fr. John Trimbur officiating for Mary Ann (Bushong) Grachanin, 77, who on Sat. Jan. 14th, was called by our Lord to dwell in heaven, after a short term illness at the Hospice House. Mary Ann was born Aug. 7, 1934 in Youngstown, the daughter of Martin Clyde and Olive Rodgers Bushong. Her parents passed away when she was young and she was raised by Nan ââ?¬Å?Sugar쳌 Sladen in McDonald. Mary Ann married ââ?¬Å?the love of her life쳌 Joseph Grachanin, and they resided in Campbell for all of their married life. In the years following her husbands passing, she made her home with her daughter in Boardman. Mary Ann was proud to be an Austintown Fitch alumni. She graduated in June of 1952 and went to trade school to become a Comptometer Operator. She worked at Truscon Industries until the birth of her daughter and then she became a full time homemaker. Late in life, she rejoined the work force as a courier for ClinLab, a job she loved dearly. She loved to gamble, especially at Mountaineer and Rivers Casino and locally at Internet Sweepstakes. She also enjoyed football season very much and was an avid Cleveland Browns fan. Most of all, she loved family and friends. Her greatest joy was spending time with them, and she was always ââ?¬Å?the life of the party.쳌 Her one-liners and laugh will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Mary Ann leaves to cherish her memory her only child Linda Marie Grachanin of Boardman; a sister Joann Virginia Sladen of Houston, Texas and a loving family of sister-in-laws, cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Joseph Grachanin whom she married Feb. 7, 1959, he passed away Jan. 29, 1993; a sister Jessie Mae Krempasky; a brother Paul Willard Curl and her third little sister Nan Ainslee Guisler. The Grachanin family has entrusted their loved one to the care of the Wasko Funeral Home and will receive friends on Friday from 5-8pm.
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