Mary Mihalik Obituary

Mary Mihalik

February 2, 1927 - March 6, 2025

Mary Mihalik, age 98, passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2025. She slipped away, as she had hoped for, quietly in her sleep during the early afternoon of March 6, 2025 in Cumming, GA.

Mary is survived by her daughter and caregiver Kathy (David) Zerr, daughter Cindy (late David) Mako, 3 granddaughters; Nicole (Adam) Mercadante, Natalie Zerr, and Noelle Zerr; 2 grandsons; Zach (Abby) Mako and Matt Mako; 6 great-grandchildren, Emily and Jacob Mako, Misha, Evie, and Max Karasev, and Sofia Clara; along with several nieces, nephews, and friends.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, John and Ann Durco, husband, James, sister, Anna Durco, son-in-law, David Mako, along with several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, cousins, and good friends.

Mary was born to John and Ann Durco on February 2, 1927, in East Chicago, IN. She lived most of her life in East Chicago and graduated in 1944 from Washington Highschool. She met James Mihalik and got married on August 5, 1950 and shared 46 years together. She was a life-long parishioner of Immaculate Conception Church in East Chicago. Mary worked at various jobs and places throughout her life, but specialized in the loss skill of using a comptometer. She retired from NIPSCO, where she made lasting friendships. Upon retirement, Mary enjoyed traveling, going to the boats, and dining out with friends and family. At home, she loved to read, do crossword puzzles, and catching up with everyone with long conversations. Mary will be dearly missed and we were all fortunate to have had her in our lives as long as we did.

Mary will be laid to rest along side her husband at Chapel Lawn and Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Crown Point, IN, during a Celebration of Life, to be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be given in Mary's name to capstonehospice.com or to autismspeaks.org.