Marie Anita Babyak, 76, of Damascus MD passed away on April 23, 2015. She is survived by her beloved husband John, two daughters, Susan and Julie Ann Collier. She is also survived by one granddaughter, Harper Rose, who arrived very late in Marie’s life but early enough to be totally loved. Marie was born in Yonkers, NY and graduated from High School in 1958. She worked for eleven years at Otis Elevator Company. Marie was an active member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Damascus. She was also an occasional parishioner at St Gregory’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Beltsville MD. Besides doing financial work for the church Marie was also a member of the Catholic Daughters. She also was an active member of the Y-Women, the Damascus Garden Club, a quilting club and a stamping club. She and her husband were active in square dancing in the Washington area and she and her husband were members of the Board of the Mid-Atlantic Challenge Association. Marie was one of the easiest people to know. It was not unusual for her to go into Safeway for milk and come out an hour later having spent that time talking to old friends that she had never met before. She loved animals and they knew it and couldn’t get to her fast enough when they saw her. She was great with people. It didn’t make any difference if they were old, crippled, black, white, gay or whatever. They were all people and she truly treated them all alike. And people knew it and she was truly loved by all. But kids were her great joy. She had a way of making them comfortable and they enjoyed being with her. She was a room-mother at Woodfield E.S. for eight years, at Baker Jr. H.S. for six years and at Damascus H.S. for six years. She often meets former students, in their forties, who remember playing games with her at the schools. She will be waked at Whalen and Ball Funeral Home on May 1, 2015 from 4 P.M. till 8 P.M. The funeral home is located at 168 Park Avenue in Yonkers, NY. She will be buried on Saturday May 2, 2015 at St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
Whalen & Ball Funeral Home
168 Park Avenue
Yonkers, New York 10703
914-965-5488
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