Mary C. Wonacott

Mary C. Wonacott was born October 31, 1925, in Toledo, OH. She grew up in Toledo with her parents Albert Charles and Katherine Viola Shinaver, her brothers Chuck, Dick, Joe, and Russ, and her sister Margaret. She met her future husband Earl Wonacott when they were both students at Libbey High School in Toledo. Mary worked at the downtown YMCA during high school, at the Libbey High School office after graduation, and then at Electric Autolite, where Earl had started his career. Mary and Earl wed on May 9, 1946, and contributed eight children to the Baby Boom: Carol, Mike, Nancy, Bob, Dave, Jim, Linda, and Mark. Mary focused full-time on her role as wife, mother, and homemaker from the early 1950s until 1975. In 1975, Mary got back in the paid workforce as a computer typesetter at Quality in Toledo. In 1979, she took a position as auto parts catalog technician at Prestolite, the successor to Autolite, where Earl had continued his career in corporate advertising. After Earl’s death in 1983, Mary accepted a job transfer and moved to Warwick, RI, as an auto parts catalog technician at FRAM. Mary retired in 1991. In 2010, Mary moved to Columbus, OH, where she celebrated her 90th birthday in October 2015. After a short illness, Mary died peacefully at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, OH, at 8:43 a.m., Saturday, January 2, 2016. Three of her sons and a daughter-in-law were at her bedside. Mary was preceded in death by her husband Earl, her daughter Carol Pancoast, her parents Katherine Viola and Albert Charles Shinaver, her brothers Chuck, Dick, Joe, Russ, and her sister Margaret Johnson. Mary is survived by seven sons and daughters: Mike, Columbus, OH; Nancy, Seymour, IN; Bob, Columbus, OH; Dave (Cara), Swanton, OH; Jim (Laura), Blissfield, MI; Linda (Mike) Havican, Charlestown, RI; and Mark (Kerri), Boca Raton, FL. She is also survived by many grandchildren and step-grandchildren: Donovan, Griffin, and Garrison Wonacott, Grove City, OH; Jon and Andy (David Root) Wonacott, Toledo, OH; Tommy (Krystale) Wonacott, Swanton, OH; Kady (Jason) Bustos, San Diego, CA; Sara (Joe Mockler) and Tyler (Jessica) Bechtel and Michael (Lindsay Sarno) and Kelly (Brandon Denealt) Havican, Warwick, RI; and Matthew (Taryn), Jensen, and Kaylie Wonacott, Boca Raton, FL; great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren Willow Wonacott and Christopher and Katherine Root, Toledo, O; Isaac and Madison Wonacott, Swanton, OH; Jocelynn Bechtel, Annelise and Lillian Mockler, and Aaliyah and Nathaniel Simas, Warwick, RI; and Eli Wonacott, Boca Raton, FL; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews. The family will receive friends in a gathering at Rutherford-Corbin Funeral Home, 515 High St., Worthington, OH, Friday, January 22, 4:00-7:00 p.m., and at Peinert Funeral Home, 7220 Dutch Rd., Waterville, OH, Saturday, January 23, 1:30-4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank.

Mary C. Wonacott

October 31, 1925 - January 9, 2016