Mary Ann Deitz, 76, a longtime resident of Dallas, entered into eternal rest on Sunday evening, August 09, 2015, at the Mercy Center, Dallas, where she had been a guest for the past nine years.
Her beloved husband was the late Charles R. “Charlie” Deitz, who passed away on September 21, 2004. Charlie and Mary Ann were blessed to share nearly 45 years of marriage.
Born on December 01, 1938, in Pringle, Mary Ann was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Gaydos) Krehely.
Raised in Swoyersville, Mary Ann was a graduate of the former Swoyersville High School.
A homemaker most of her life, Mary Ann selflessly tended to the daily needs of her family. Besides being a dedicated homemaker, Mary Ann worked for some time as a waitress and hostess for the former Franklin’s Family Restaurant, Dallas, and also for Ollie’s Restaurant, Edwardsville.
Mary Ann was a faithful Catholic and a longtime member of Gate of Heaven Roman Catholic Church, Dallas.
Family was the center of Mary Ann’s life, and she treasured every moment she had with her husband, sons, and extended family. She always enjoyed cooking and baking the famous banana cake with her sisters, going to play bingo with her sister, Virginia “Bunzy”, and traveling with her beloved husband in their retirement years. Although her presence will be deeply missed, her beautiful spirit will continue to live on in the hearts of her loved ones.
In addition to her parents, John and Mary Krehely, and her husband, Charles, Mary Ann was preceded in death by her brother, John Krehely; and her sisters, Cecilia Biggs, Margaret Kaletski, Bernadine Judge, and Kathleen Brennan.
Mary Ann is survived by her sons, Charles J. Deitz, Dallas; John P. Deitz and his wife, Maria, Tunkhannock; Joseph M. Deitz and his wife, Mary, Greensboro, North Carolina; and Robert A. Deitz and his wife Jamie, Gastonia, North Carolina; her granddaughter, Jennifer Bacewicz;; her brother, Robert Krehely, Plains Township; her sisters, Virginia Bixby, Trucksville; Elizabeth DiMaria, Swoyersville; and Eleanor Scovell, Ohio; and her many nieces and nephews.
Relatives and Friends are respectfully invited to attend Mary Ann’s Blessing Service which will be celebrated on Thursday, August 13, 2015, at 10:00 AM at the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, with Deacon Tom Cesarini of Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas, officiating.
Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in Saint Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Swoyersville.
Family and Friends are invited to call on Wednesday, August 12, 2015, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM, at the funeral home.
For additional information or to send the Deitz Family an online message of condolence, you may visit the funeral home web-site www.wroblewskifuneralhome.com.
In Lieu of Flowers, Memorial Contributions may be made in Mary Ann’s memory to the Mercy Center Nursing Unit, 301 Lake Street, P.O. Box 370, Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612.