Mary Ann Egan died peacefully on January 31, 2025.

Mary Ann was born to Peter and Rose Novak in 1931 in Cass City, Michigan. Mary’s life spanned the depths of the Great Depression, being one of the last students to attend the one-room Stone School in Cass City, to recalling the radio announcement of the attack on Pearl Harbor and her teacher crying joyful tears upon hearing that WWII had finally ended, to viewing the first moon landing, to seeing some of the last Soviet troops leaving Berlin after the fall of the Wall, to attending her 60th high school reunion, to traveling to the Egyptian pyramids via a virtual reality event in New York City several weeks before she passed. 

The lessons learned growing up on a farm during these hard times stayed with Mary Ann throughout her life. She was strong, independent and self-reliant, doing things that not many women did at the time. She left Cass City to find work in Detroit. Mary Ann soon secured her first position at Abstract Title Company (later, Lawyers Title Insurance Company). At first, she also worked second jobs, offering support to her family, saving up for her first car and building a nest egg. Although Mary Ann missed Cass City and always considered it “home,” she found her way in Detroit developing lifelong friendships and coming to know and love downtown. 

At Lawyers Title, Mary Ann met a handsome attorney named Jim Egan. He proposed and they scheduled a date. Mary Ann was walking past J.L. Hudson one day, saw a wedding dress in the window, said, “that is it,” and they were married at St. Agnes Church in Detroit.

Together, Mary Ann and Jim continued to work in real estate, with Mary Ann eventually working in real estate sales management and Jim establishing the Detroit Title Insurance Agency. In another first for the time, Mary Ann worked after her marriage. She continued to work part-time for a few years after the birth of her daughter and when caring for her parents, later returning to work full-time.

With their friends and their daughter, Mary Ann and Jim traveled the world. Mary Ann always anticipated and looked ahead to planning the next trip whether it be driving out west, stopping in Las Vegas, traveling down the west coast, visiting New Orleans, Australia, New Zealand, France, England, Ireland, Morocco, Switzerland, Germany, Monte Carlo and Spain, or taking a Caribbean or transatlantic cruise.   

Mary Ann and her husband liked to entertain, welcoming everyone over to their Michigan and Las Vegas homes, whether for their annual Super Bowl party, a game of cards, the holidays or just a Sunday dinner. Mary Ann was a terrific and thoughtful hostess as well as being a very good cook. Mary Ann was also a good and empathetic listener, being the person friends and family turned to for strength and guidance.

After her husband passed, Mary Ann continued her travels with friends, her daughter, son-in-law and her daughter’s in-laws, visiting Newport, hiking in New Mexico, vacationing on Kiawah Island, driving up the east coast, ferrying to Nova Scotia and driving onto Prince Edward Island, and traveling to Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, Russia, Norway, Austria, the Czech Republic and Italy. 

One of Mary Ann’s greatest joys was reading, from books on history, to fiction to the daily newspaper. She spent many enjoyable hours parsing through local bookstores and the library. Throughout her life her nightstand was piled high with books and her home was filled with them. She was also a classic movie enthusiast, knowing every storyline and actor, with one of her favorite films being, “Now, Voyager.” She loved animals, always sensitive to their needs and to the injustice of animal cruelty. Whenever pets came to live with her, whether by her choosing or their choice, they stayed and, with her care, lived well beyond their expected life spans. Mary Ann liked to dance. She enjoyed recalling her high school dances and supper club dancing downtown, and eagerly took to the floor at events, most recently dancing with her great-niece at her wedding. Mary Ann enjoyed gardening, and maintained her flowers, trees and yard all on her own. She always maintained her ties to her hometown, regularly visiting family, attending her high school reunions and subscribing to the local newspaper.    

Mary Ann is survived, and remembered with deepest love, by her daughter, Ann Marie McCormick and her dear son-in-law, Eric McCormick, who were blessed every day to have her in their lives. She is also survived by her brother-in-law, Bernard Dadacki, her nephews, Steven Dadacki, Dennis Dadacki and Allan (Kimberly) Dadacki, her niece, Shirley Keyes, her nephews, Raymond Fritz, Arnold Fritz, Eddie Fritz, her niece, Margaret Timmons, as well as her great nephews and nieces. Mary Ann was predeceased by her husband, Jim Egan, her sisters, Anna Fritz and Mary Jane Dadacki, and her nieces, Pat Fritz and Linda Dadacki. 

A short visitation will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at McCabe Funeral Home, 31950 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills. Her Funeral Mass will follow at 11:00 AM at St. Fabian Catholic Church, 32200 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, with burial in Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery and a luncheon to follow.

Flowers are welcome at the funeral home. Donations may be made in Mary Ann’s name to the Michigan Humane Society, Boys Town and Capuchin Soup Kitchen.