Ann Mickalonis

Ann Mickalonis Ann Mickalonis, 91, formerly of Latham, NY and Ocala, FL, died peacefully on February 23, 2018 surrounded by her family’s love and at NHC Healthcare in North Augusta, SC. Ann Elizabeth Kaiser was born in Syracuse, New York on September 16, 1926. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Dorothy Kaiser of Cazenovia, NY, and sister of the late George Henry Kaiser, Jane Pratuch and Dorothy “Dottie” Tuohy. Ann practiced nursing in a career spanning four decades. She was a graduate of St. Joseph’s College of Nursing in Syracuse, NY and received advanced training at Columbia University. As a public health nurse, she placed a special emphasis on end of life care and advocated for palliative care for terminally ill patients before hospice programs became widely established. Ann lived by the credo “once a nurse, always a nurse”. After retiring from the Visiting Nurses Association in Troy, NY in 1983, she volunteered to care for babies born infected with the HIV virus. Ann and her husband, John, moved to Ocala, FL in 1989 where Ann remained an active volunteer well into her 80’s at the Hospice of Marion County and the Munroe Regional Medical Center. Ann was predeceased by her husband of 51 years, John A. Mickalonis, who died in 2004. They met in 1952 at a tuberculosis hospital in Saratoga County, NY where John was a patient and Ann was his nurse. Upon his recovery, they married the following year. Her survivors include six devoted children: Michael Mickalonis, of Atlanta; Maureen Ann Mickalonis, of Taylor, Mich.; Mary Fitzpatrick, of Portland, Oregon; John Mickalonis of North Augusta, SC; Veronica Mulvihill, of Medfield, Mass.; and David Mickalonis of Burke, Va. She is additionally survived by seven grandchildren: Andrea Anthony, Carl Mickalonis, Sara Fitzpatrick, Erin Mulvihill, Paul Mulvihill, Daniel Mulvihill, and Joseph Mickalonis, and one great-granddaughter, Audrey Claire Mickalonis. The Mickalonis family would like to extend its heartfelt gratitude to Ann’s friend and caregiver Susan Simballa for her devotion and friendship. A Memorial Mass will be held Tuesday, March 6 at Our Lady of Peace Church in North Augusta , SC at 6 PM. Visitation will precede the mass from 5-6 PM in the church narthex. The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Peter the Apostle Church, N. Hudson Avenue, Stillwater, NY. Ann will be interred along with her husband at the Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hospice of Marion County.

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Ann Mickalonis

September 16, 1926 - February 24, 2018