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Mary Ann <I>Kollar</I> Swihart

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Mary Ann Kollar Swihart

Birth
Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Death
22 Feb 2006 (aged 59)
Newport, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Cremated Add to Map
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Mary Ann was a long time resident of Newport, MI. She grew up in Wyandotte, MI. She is survived by her husband, Larry Swihart, siblings Richard (Dorothy), and Jacqueline, as well as her grandchildren Aaron, Stephanie, Tabitha, and Devon. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Dawn.

Life when she was born:

• Harry Truman was president
• Gas is .21 cents/gallon
• UNICEF is formed. (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
• U.S. Navy tests atomic bomb at Bikini in the South Pacific
• Xerographic photocopying process invented
• Dr. Benjamin Spock's Baby and Child Care influences millions of new and expectant parents throughout the U.S.
• Strapless bras become popular, ushering in a trend toward bare-shouldered women's fashions
• Tide, the first detergent designed for automatic clothes washing machines, introduced
• First electric clothes dryers
• Suntan lotions, developed for troops during World War II, marketed to consumers for the first time
• Tupperware was invented by American chemist Earl Silas Tupper
• Deviled ham, egg salad, and gold nugget cake were crowd-pleasers. Thank goodness for that newly invented Tupperware.
• "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" by Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers and "Get your kicks on Route 66" by Nat King Cole top the charts
• "The Best of our Lives" premieres in theaters
• Walt Disney's "The Song of the South" premieres .
Mary Ann was a long time resident of Newport, MI. She grew up in Wyandotte, MI. She is survived by her husband, Larry Swihart, siblings Richard (Dorothy), and Jacqueline, as well as her grandchildren Aaron, Stephanie, Tabitha, and Devon. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Dawn.

Life when she was born:

• Harry Truman was president
• Gas is .21 cents/gallon
• UNICEF is formed. (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
• U.S. Navy tests atomic bomb at Bikini in the South Pacific
• Xerographic photocopying process invented
• Dr. Benjamin Spock's Baby and Child Care influences millions of new and expectant parents throughout the U.S.
• Strapless bras become popular, ushering in a trend toward bare-shouldered women's fashions
• Tide, the first detergent designed for automatic clothes washing machines, introduced
• First electric clothes dryers
• Suntan lotions, developed for troops during World War II, marketed to consumers for the first time
• Tupperware was invented by American chemist Earl Silas Tupper
• Deviled ham, egg salad, and gold nugget cake were crowd-pleasers. Thank goodness for that newly invented Tupperware.
• "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" by Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers and "Get your kicks on Route 66" by Nat King Cole top the charts
• "The Best of our Lives" premieres in theaters
• Walt Disney's "The Song of the South" premieres .

Gravesite Details

Cremation entrusted in Bacarella Funeral Home, Monroe MI



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