Former Falls Church resident Mary Vereb Hautanen, age 93, of Sarasota, Florida died on September 24th at the Brookdale Phillippi Creek Assisted Living in Sarasota.
She was born on June 30th, 1930 in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, graduating from Leechburg Area High School and later from the St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, becoming a registered nurse. Mrs. Hautanen relocated to Washington where she worked, among other places, at the Washington Clinic in Friendship Heights, Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital and the medical practice of Drs. Howard Mott and William Stone in Arlington. In 1959 she met and married FCC attorney Edward Hautanen. The couple moved to Falls Church in 1968, living there until they retired to Sarasota in 1986.
Mrs. Hautanen was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas in Alexandria, remaining a lifetime member. Even after moving to Florida she continued to root for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
She was preceded in death by parents Joseph Vereb and Mary Kozma Vereb Bartha, husband, Edward Hautanen, sister Irene Vereb Kepics and brother Joseph Vereb.
Surviving her are her daughter Jane Hautanen of Washington, DC, sister in law Elizabeth Steinwand of Ahmeek, MI, cousin Michael Vereb of Pemberton, NJ, nephews Leonard (Jane) Vereb and Sean Vereb of Vandergrift, PA, niece Dianne (Kevin) James of Ford City, PA and several great nieces and nephews.
Funeral mass will take place on Thursday, December 7th at 9:30 AM at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 2506 Gulf Gate Dr, Sarasota, FL.
The family suggests making memorial donations the animal charity of your choice, or to the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Kavanaugh #54 to assist members unable to pay their dues: 407 Princess St., Alexandria, VA 22314.
