Marie Ann Lopat

MARIE ANN (KURAN) LOPAT

DOB 12/8/34 ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL TACOMA

DATE DECEASED 5/2/25 TACOMA GENERAL HOSPITAL TACOMA

MARIE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE CHILDREN BORN TO MATT AND VIOLET KURAN, BOTH OF CROATIA.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HUSBAND TED LOPAT, SISTER STELLA KINKELLA SWANSON OF TACOMA AND BROTHER JOHN KURAN OF SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN VALERIE (WILLIAM) SCHNEIDER OF ALAMO, CALIFORNIA AND HER SON CHRISTOPHER (JODY) LOPAT OF TACOMA, ALONG WITH HER 2 GRANDSONS, NICHOLAS AND EVAN LOPAT OF TACOMA, BOTH ADORED BY “NANA”.

MARIE GRADUATED STADIUM HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE, 1952 AND WORKED AT THE COUNTY CITY BUILDING. SHE MET TED LOPAT AND MARRIED AT HOLY CROSS CHURCH ON JUNE 11, 1955. SHE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS TRAVELING THE EAST COAST WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS A BASEBALL UMPIRE. THEY RETURNED TO TACOMA TO WELCOME THEIR DAUGHTER, VALERIE ANN IN 1963 AND THEIR SON CHRISTOPHER EVAN IN 1968. SHE WAS A DEVOTED HOMEMAKER FROM THEN ON.

IN RECENT YEARS SHE HAS RESIDED AT THE WEATHERLY INN WHERE SHE MADE MANY FRIENDS SHE LOVED AS FAMILY.

HER GREATEST JOY AND LEGACY ARE HER GRANDSONS, NICHOLAS (17) AND EVAN (15). SHE IS SO PROUD OF THEM!

TO MOM, A LIFE WELL LIVED WITH MANY TO LOVE AND BE LOVED BY.