Mary K. Brancich Latick

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — Mary Kathryn Brancich Latick was born in Chisholm, Minn., on May 25, 1938, to first generation Americans, Jasper Brancich and Mary Milkovich. She is the oldest in the family, followed by Rosemarie (Sully Gilbert), Jasper D. and Libby Wallace.

Mary Kay graduated from the Chisholm Public School and then completed a secretarial program at Mm. School of Business.

She worked for Moland Brothers in Duluth, then US Steel in Hibbing, and then began as a teller and advanced to vice president of First Federal Savings and Loan in Hibbing.

She met the love of her life, Warner Latick, and they were married at St. Joseph’s Church in Chisholm on June 18, 1960. They lived in Hibbing for 40 years before moving to Hot Springs Village.

Mary Kay had many gifts and talents. She would see a need and step right in to help anyone. She and Warner were amazing dancers and moved like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on the dance floor.

Her love of music was apparent in her love of playing her cello. She has been actively playing with the Village Strings since she moved to the village.

She volunteered making braille books for the Lions Club, counted money at church, was always seen picking up trash, and helping friends and neighbors. She was still active at dance club and the bus monitor for the symphony in Little Rock.

It can be said that Mary Kay was always on the move and always stayed in contact with her friends through snail-mail, phone calls and organizing get-togethers.

Survivors include Sully Gilbert of Minneapolis, Minn.; Libby Wallace of Rochester, Minn.; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her beloved Warner; brother J.D.; and her parents Jasper A. and Mary Brancich.

Funeral services will be 2 p. m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Sacred Heart Church in Hot Springs Village.

Online condolences can be made at http://www.cedarvalefuneral.com.