Maryanne McCabe Smach

Maryanne McCabe Smach, 86, of Silver Bay, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth. She was born Aug. 5, 1923, in Rochester to Walter and Rosalia McCabe.

She married Richard Smach of Berwyn, Ill., Feb. 11, 1950. She was employed as a medical secretary in the neurology department at Mayo Clinic, and, after moving to St. Cloud, was a secretary to the director at the St. Cloud Veteran’s Hospital for 30 years. In 1989 she moved to Silver Bay.

Maryanne was an ardent artist in watercolors, pencil and colored pencil and was a member of several art clubs in Arizona. She and her husband loved to travel the United States in their motor home and also spent 18 years at their home in Cottonwood, Ariz. She and Richard also belonged to the Minnesota Archaeological Society and worked with archaeologists from Hamline University in St Paul. They also enjoyed hunting and fishing in Ontario.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Silver Bay. Maryanne is preceded in death by her parents; and a sister, Marjorie Withers of Rochester. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Richard; nieces, Melissa Withers and Sharron Withers of Scottsdale; and a nephew, Robert Withers of Minneapolis.

Visitation begins at 10 a.m. Saturday with an 11 a.m. service at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Silver Bay. Arrangements by Cavallin Funeral Home. Memorials are preferred to the Alzheimers Foundation or Solvay Hospice House.