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Mary T. McCarty, age 83, of Bayfield, Wisconsin died Thursday, 17 February 2011 at Northern Lights Health Care Center in Washburn, Wisconsin. She was born 5 October 1927 in Bayfield, Wisconsin, the daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Shuga) Torbick.
She was a graduate of Bayfield High School and attended business college in Duluth, Minnesota. Mary had worked for a law firm in Duluth, Minnesota, for Ford Motor Company in Chicago, Illinois and for General Motors in Chicago, Illinois and Green Bay, Wisconsin. On 1 June 1974 she married William F. McCarty in Bayfield, Wisconsin and has been a Bayfield resident since. Each summer over the years she would return home to help manage the raspberry crop on the Torbick family farm and Mary loved gardening, both flower and vegetable. She was a member of St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church in Cornucopia, Wisconsin, the Bayfield American Legion Auxiliary and the Chequamegon Area Choir. Surviving are her husband, William F. McCarty of Bayfield, Wisconsin; a brother, William (Beth) Torbick of Lynchburg, Virginia; nieces and nephews, Kathie (Lester) Osborn, James Torbick, Marilyn Crouley, Niki (John) McClure, Mary Beedlow, Susan Chambers, Marita Torbick, William Torbick, Nicholas Torbick and Ellen Newport; grand nieces, grand nephews, other relatives and friends. Mary was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, John Torbick and Nicholas Torbick; a nephew, Peter Torbick; and other relatives. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, 22 February 2011 at Bratley Funeral Home in Washburn, Wisconsin. Father Ted Wojcik will officiate. Visitation will be from 7 – 9 PM on Monday, 21 February 2011 at the Bratley Funeral Home. Interment will follow the funeral in the Greenwood Cemetery in Bayfield, Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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