Mary "Mike" Virginia Appleby

Mary “Mike” Appleby was born in Detroit, MI on November 23, 1925 and passed quietly in Braham, MN on February 1, 2016. A graduate of Grosse Point High School, Mary attended Jokake School: A Desert School for Girls (Scottsdale) before attending the University of Arizona (Tucson) and joining Alpha Phi Sorority. An avid equestrian, Pine City Lioness, realtor and lover of all things western, Mike enjoyed years of traveling with Clarence in their RV across the western half of the US and Mexico. Prededed in death by her parents Richard Bell and Elizabeth Cotton Marshall, husbands Edwin Johnson and Clarence Appleby and brother John C. Marshall, Mary is survived by her children Steve Johnson (Deryn), Laurie Lissy (Dan), Dave Johnson (Judi) and Pete Johnson (Mechille); grandchildren Ray Lissy (Stephanie), Mary Jensen (Tim), Adam Rhode (Rebecca), Rachel Johnson Nye (Kevin), Laura Gertz (Matt), Anne Little (Ed) and Mary Johnson; step-grandchildren Morgyn Chandler and Kate Chandler; and great-grandchildren Willaim & Jillian Lissy, Keeley & Leah Gertz, Addison Rhode and Gwyneth Paige Little. Monsignor Aleksander Suchan will celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial; 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 12, 2016 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Pine City. A time of visitation and reviewal is planned for one hour prior to the service at the church and Thursday evening (2/11/2016) from 5-7 pm at the Swanson Funeral Chapel. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Funeral and Cremation Service ~ Swanson Chapel of Pine City, MN. www.funeralandcremationservice.com