<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I only met Mary a couple of times, so I
never had the chance to work with her, but one of the things that
always impressed me is that she knew how to promote a show and get
people to come to see shows. That is no easy task in a rust belt
location such as Stark County, but she was good at it.<br>
<br>
On 03/20/2014 03:34 PM, Marci Lynn Saling wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:1395344046.87984.YahooMailNeo@web121405.mail.ne1.yahoo.com"
type="cite">
<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff;
font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial,
Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Mary McManaway,
founder of the North Canton Playhouse and Spotlight on Youth
meant a lot in the NEO theatre Community. I wanted to make sure
I let you all know that sadly she passed away this past Sunday
evening. Below is her obituary, which includes service
information for all of her many family and friends. <br>
<br>
Mary McManaway passed away after an extended illness on March
16, 2014. She was 78 years old, and is survived by her daughters
Kathy, Tammy (son-in-law David), Gina, Lisa (son-in-law Ted),
her son Cliff, her grandchildren Matthew, Mitchell, Dana, Nicole
and Kailey, her sister Patty Andelmo (brother-in-law Don), and
her brother Joe Spatafore (sister-in-law Gale) and her loving
pets. She was preceded by her husband Leonard. <br>
<br>
Mary was a passionate supporter of the Arts for most of her
life, and founded the North Canton Playhouse in 1976, where she
served as Artistic Director. She directed numerous productions,
and encouraged a love of the Arts in a countless number people.
But more than that, she was a mentor and mom to many, “adopting”
sons and daughters along the way. Due to Mary’s introductions
throughout the years, she is responsible for life long
friendships and even some marriages. <br>
<br>
She was also an ardent advocate of animal rights, founding the
Coalition for Animal Concerns. Mary found many people the
perfect pet to enrich their lives. She helped pet owners to spay
and neuter their pets through the many low cost spay/neuter
clinics the Coalition funded. <br>
<br>
Mary was acknowledged to be one of Stark County’s “Greatest
Citizens” when she was inducted into the Stark County Wall of
Fame in 2002. Mary touched countless lives through her community
work in so many other areas that are too numerous to mention
here. Although she will be missed dearly by her friends and
loved ones, she better than anyone else understood that “the
show must go on.”<br>
<br>
Mary’s many friends and family are invited to a Memorial service
and Celebration of her life to be held on Sunday, March 23, at
3:00pm at the Hoover Hall of Performing Arts, inside Hoover High
School, at 525 – 7th St. NE, North Canton, OH 44720. In lieu of
flowers, it was Mary’s wish to have donations made in her name
to the North Canton Playhouse, or to the Coalition for Animal
Concerns, and mail to: North Canton Playhouse, ATTN: Mary
McManaway Memorial Fund, 525 – 7th St. NE, North Canton, OH
44720.<br>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<br>
<pre wrap="">______________________________________
NEohioPAL is SELF-SERVE. If you need to unsubscribe, change from digest to one-at-a-time delivery or vice-versa, go on hiatus while out of town, switch from mime to plain text or vice-versa, etc. check out the FAQS at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com">http://www.fredsternfeld.com</a>.
______________________________________
Please consider a voluntary contribution to support Neohiopal - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/support-neohiopal/">http://www.fredsternfeld.com/support-neohiopal/</a>
______________________________________
Disclaimer: The facts and/or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the person in the 'from' or 'reply-to' header. The fact that this message is posted should in no way be taken as an endorsement by the administrator of this list. Subscribers should perform due diligence for all goods, services and activities promoted on NEohioPAL.
________________________________________
NEohioPAL mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:post@neohiopal.org">post@neohiopal.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.neohiopal.org/listinfo.cgi/neohiopal-neohiopal.org">http://lists.neohiopal.org/listinfo.cgi/neohiopal-neohiopal.org</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>