Mary Ann Galkowski, 52, of Broadway, Newport, died Sunday, September 6, 2009 surrounded by her family at the Rhode Island Hospital in Providence after a brief illness. Born in Omaha, NE on October 18, 1956, she was a daughter of Robert Edward Galkowski and Darlene M. (Kueny) Galkowski of Portsmouth, RI.
Mary attended Jesus Savior School in Newport and was a graduate of Rogers High School, class of 1974. She also attended Salve Regina University where she sang in the choir. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant and worked at various local Newport nursing homes. Her hobbies included tennis, piano, singing and playing the clarinet. She was a loving daughter, sister, and friend.
Besides her parents, she leaves her sisters Rita Kelly and her husband William of Groton, CT, Teresa Warburg and her husband Michael of Westerly, RI, and Ann Galkowski of Middletown, RI; her brothers Lawrence Galkowski and his wife Joann of Rockland, ME, Robert Galkowski and his wife Kris of Colorado, Gerald Galkowski of Newport, and Peter Galkowski and his wife Sheila Randall of Middletown; and numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many dear friends, especially Joanie Price and John Denman.
She was the aunt of the late Vincent Paul Galkowski.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, September 11, 2009 at 11am, in St. Joseph’s Church, Mann Ave & Broadway, Newport. Burial at St. Columba Cemetery, Brown’s Ln, Middletown. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, September 10, from 4-7pm in the O’Neill-Hayes Funeral Home, 465 Spring St., Newport, RI, 02840.
Donations can be made in Mary's memory to The Carmelite Sisters, c/o Sister Joann, One Maria Hall Drive, Dansville, Pa. 17821
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