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 Mary JoAnn Smith Personette
Mary passed away on Monday, August 12, 2024 in East Lansing, Michigan. She was a native of Battle Creek, Michigan and resident of Middlebury, Indiana. Mary graduated from Patricia Stevens Career College in 1966. She also attended photography college in Lansing, Michigan and took sports pictures for local town newspapers for 2 ½ years. On May 12, 1988, in Battle Creek, MI, she married Jack Personette, who she later divorced. She enjoyed sewing and making hats. She also had a love for photography, especially photographing nature. She owned horses, dogs, cats, birds, fish, chickens and goats. She also had an interest in semi-trucks. Her husband was a truck driver and they were co-owners/operators of a trucking business. Survivors included her ex-husband Jack; three daughters, Tamara Ann Peruzzo, Katherine Patricia (Jeffrey) Velez, and Wendeline Leigh McDonald; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Mark (Monica) Smith and Timothy (Lori) Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Beverly Warren; and a great-grandson, Kaden Corkwell. Follow the link below to view Mary’s obituary.
Information from Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, Middlebury, Indiana online on November 21, 2024; and Battle Creek Central Class of 1965 40th Reunion Booklet https://www.millerstewartfuneralhome.com/obituary/mary-personette
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