Mary Shubat's Obituary
Mari Ann Shubat died peacefully but reluctantly on the morning of Sunday July 3, 2005 at Mercy Medical Center in Centerville after battling valiantly four years against the cancer that finally claimed her life.
Mari was born in Centerville, Iowa on October 21, 1947. Her family moved to Portland, Indiana where her father E.W. Porter took a position with a local newspaper in 1952. Mari graduated from Portland High School in 1965 and eventually found her way back to Iowa which was always her true home. Mari worked faithfully and tirelessly for her community. One of Mari's proudest moments was when she was inducted into the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame in 1991. Although Mari's heart was open to all living beings in distress she advocated thunderously for abused and neglected children. Mari dearly loved all animals, especially the babies, and thought long and hard about each of their first and middle names. Her flower garden always thrived and blossomed with her tender touch.
She was preceded in death by her father, Bill Porter, her mother, Marietta Hism Porter, and her cherished father-in-law, Jay Shubat. She is survived by her loving husband, Stephen Shubat, her mother-in-law, Myrna Shubat, her sister, Margaret Hearn, her brother, John Porter, her niece, Claire Porter Hearn, and her "" very special best friend"" Mariah Dawn Clark.
Mari's family and friends will miss her very much and think of her every day but are consoled by all of the many tender memories and celebrated stories to retell. Mari was a kind, thoughtful, generous, and amusing person who was seized from her family, friends, animals and community much, much too soon. As we grieve here on earth for Mari, heaven will be made brighter by her glowing presence and contagious laughter. We are sure God will finally grant Mari's wish in heaven to have thinner thighs.
A memorial has been established in Mari's name to the Legacies Foundation at Mercy Medical Center/Nurses to thank her doctors, nurses, and technicians who treated her with wisdom and compassion.
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