Mary Ann Marschat

CANAAN — Mary Ann Marschat, age 88, a lifelong resident of Canaan, Connecticut, passed away on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 27, 2025. Born in New York City on July 19, 1937, Mary Ann came to live with her grandparents at about 6 months old. Canaan offered a country life and a large extended family. She became a sibling to her youngest aunts and uncles.

While educated in the local schools, her career path was set at an early age. Mary Ann learned about business riding along with her grandfather in his cattle truck. She listened to his stories and learned “the ways of business.” She prided herself on being an independent businesswoman. She maintained her farm in Canaan on her own for many years and later worked with other local farmers to keep the land and farm structures in use. She also had rental properties and at one time had a small collectable business in Sheffield, Massachusetts.

While she never married or had children, Mary Ann was a lifeline for her older aunts and uncles as they grew older. She checked in on them, shopped for them and took them to doctor’s appointments.

She had a love of nature. She loved her animals, especially her cats. She often had several whom she babied with special food and care.

She had many friends in the Canaan and Sheffield area. She had an infectious laugh. You would recognize her New York birth with the “Queensisms” in her speech. She was a fixture at the local breakfast restaurants where she would share stories and her strong opinions. Her strong views sometimes masked her warm and kind heart.

She was predeceased by her grandparents, Mary Ann Weirauch Marschat and Stanley Marschat, her parents William Howard Marschat and Rose Keiser, her brothers William Howard Jr. and Lawrence, her uncles, Albert (Mildred, Mary), Stanley (Jean), and Raymond (Sylvia)and her aunts, Harriet Brewer (Pete), Gertrude Rohr (James), Audrey Beaupre (Tracy), Ruthe Martin ( Donald) and several cousins, June Marschat Kelly, Mary Lou Brewer, Stanley Marschat Jr., and William Rohr.She is survived by her cousins, James Rohr, Irene Edison, Robert Beaupre, Barbara Martin, Chris Martin and Anne Martin. She will be missed by her friends and family. Daisy Hill Farm will never be the same.

She was a parishioner at St Martin of Tours Parish. The funeral is planned for early next week. Funeral arrangements can be found at the website for Montano-Shea Funeral Home in Winsted, CT. https://www.montano-shea.com