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Anna Marie (Prete) Kerans

Posted 2018-03-29 by mhenderson
Today's News-Herald, Lake havasu City, AZ -
Posted on March 28, 2018 -

Anna Marie Kearns, 95, passed away in Lake Havasu City on March 22,
2018.

She was born in Quinnville, Rhode Island on June 3, 1922.

Ann grew up in Rhode Island and loved to dance. She and her sister
would take the train to Boston to go dancing. To this day, she enjoyed
listening to big band music.

She moved to California in 1948 and got a job at Litton Data Systems,
now known as Northrop Grumman. There, she excelled and moved up
through the company until she retired after working there for 32
years.

Ann was a single mom and worked hard to provide a good life for her
daughter. She relocated to Havasu in 1990. In her later years, she
enjoyed going to the casino and playing the slot machines. She found
her greatest joy in her family.

Ann is preceded in death by her parents, Dominic and Concetta Prete,
brother Anthony Prete and sister Virginia De Santis.

She is survived by her daughter, Carolann (James) Mitchell, sister
Mary Giorgini, grandson Dylan Mitchell, two nieces, four nephews and
many great nieces and nephews.

A funeral service is at Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home Thursday, March 29,
at 3 p.m.

Services were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Thoughts
and condolences can be sent to Ann’s family at www.lietz-
frazefuneralhome.com. To send a free card to the family go to
www.sendoutcards.com/lietzfraze.





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