Mary was very outgoing and had a love for life. She was an avid animal lover (especially fond of giraffes and bunnies). She especially enjoyed the music of Elvis Presley. Mary enjoyed playing golf and traveling but developed an appreciation for spontaneously getting in the car with husband, Gregg, and driving with no set destination in mind. Always involved with her children, she was the consummate “Mom/Chaperon” with the high school marching bands and scouting programs.
Mary enjoyed watching “The Young and the Restless”, her favorite soap opera, a cold Diet Coke, and going out to eat. She enjoyed shopping and was an avid QVC shopping customer. Above all, Mary had a fierce love for her family. She was the personification of “total, unconditional love”. She will be greatly missed.
Mary is predeceased by her father, Robert Joseph Baltz, Sr.; her mother, Bettye Lynn (Gailey) Baltz; and a brother, Michael Vance Baltz. She is survived by loving husband, Gregg M. Clingerman; son, Phillip Arnold Hurst (Lori); son, Mike Hurst (Melissa); ten grandchildren Gabriel, Hunter, Tyler, Julianna, Christopher, Mikayla, Jordan, Emily, Chandler, Abigail; great grandchildren Emersyn, Serenity, RaeLynn, Oakley, Ezra; siblings Robert J. Baltz, Jr. (Linda), Phillip “Boobie” Baltz, Thomas Baltz (Harriet), Susan Baltz, William “Willie” Baltz (Pat); brother-in-law, Jerry Clingerman (Joan); and special companions “Chicken”, her umbrella cockatoo, and “Skittles”, her sun conure parrot.
There will be a Gathering of Family & Friends at the funeral home on Thursday, February 2, from 4pm – 8pm, and Friday, February 3, from 12pm – 1pm. A Celebration of Life will follow in the Tulip Grove Room at 1pm. Following the service, Mary will be laid to rest in the Rachel Mausoleum at Hermitage Memorial Gardens.
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