Marie Louise Kane

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Marie Louise Kane

November 2, 1927 ~ June 16, 2022

Marie Louise Donahue Kane passed away on June 16, 2022, in Salt Lake City. She was born

November 2, 1927, in New Jersey to Catherine V. O’Brien and Earl W. Donahue. Marie grew up in El Paso, Texas and attended Loretto Academy. She attended Loretto Heights College in

Denver, Colorado and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1948.

She moved to Salt Lake City in 1948 and met Richard A. Kane, Jr. They were married in El Paso, Texas, on April 26, 1952. Marie worked as a medical technologist for Holy Cross Hospital until 1956. She worked as a stay-at-home mother until September 1972. She joined the staff of the Judge Memorial Catholic High School cafeteria in 1972 and retired as manager in 1988.

Marie was a devoted member of the Catholic Church her entire life. She sang in the choirs at St. Vincent

de Paul, Saint Martin de Porres and St. Joseph the Worker parishes. Marie loved the opera, music and

singing. She was St. Martin de Porres Parish’s Woman of the Year in 1996 and a member of Nocturnal Adoration Society, Kappa Gamma Pi, and a Holy Cross Associate. She was feisty but kind, generous, funny, had a fantastic memory and excelled at Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble and other word games. Marie loved her faith and family above all else.

Marie is survived by her children Richard (Martha), John (Marian), Joe, Marie Louise Black, Earl,

Catherine and Anna Aardahl (Chris), 16 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and

numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, her daughter-in-law, Brenda and granddaughter, Shannon.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on June 27 at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church. Committal, Mount Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, St Martin de Porres Catholic Church or a charity of your choice in Marie’s memory.

As Mom told us every time we left the house, “Drive Safely.”