Margaret Duby

Margaret Duby KINGSFORD--Margaret Josephine (Kanyuh) Duby, 86, of 333 Newton St. Kingsford, died Thursday, January 2, 2003 at ManorCare Nursing Home in Kingsford. Margaret was born March 17, 1916 in Marinette, WI daughter of the late George and Mariatte (Skrivanek) Kanyuh. She was the youngest of twelve children who have all passed on. She married Merton Duby on June 12, 1933 at St. Mary and St. Joseph Church in Iron Mountain. He preceded her in death on September 4, 1993, shortly after their 60th wedding anniversary. Margaret was a volunteer at the V.A. Hospital for 47 years and she was honored many times with awards and medals. She was past president and secretary for St. Veronica's Circle of American Martyrs Church and worked with the Christian Youth Organization for many years. Margaret was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved to baby sit for her grandchildren and great grandchildren who have many fond memories to cherish. Margaret enjoyed traveling with her husband and family throughout the United States including Alaska and Hawaii. She loved to cook, bake and can vegetables from her garden. Margaret also loved spending summers at her cottage on Spring Lake where the whole family had many memorable times. She is survived by three children, Robert (Mary) Duby of Racine, WI, Carolyn (Wesley) Paquette of Wakefield, MI, and Sharon (Richard E.) Larson of Bass Lake in Iron Mountain; eleven grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by eleven brothers and sisters, one great granddaughter, Casey Klema, and one grand son-in-law, Dominic Mascarette. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:00am Saturday, January 4, 2003 at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Kingsford. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am Saturday at the church. Fr. Joseph Gouin will offer the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in Iron Mountain Cemetery Park. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Timothy Larson, Stan Henry, Todd Drake, Randy Klema, Mark Rossmann, Steve Ries, James Paquette, Terry Fetters, John Maki and Mark Flood. In lieu of flowers, a memorial will be established in her memory. Condolences may be expressed to the Duby family online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain to handle the funeral arrangements.