Chestine S. “Jessie” Banas
Chestine “Jessie” Banas, 89, of Sawyer, Michigan died peacefully at her home on Sunday, January 6, 2013.
Jessie was born July 16, 1923 in Chicago to Teofil and Mary (Krupa) Kalinowski. She married Joseph R. Banas in Chicago. They made their home in Sawyer and ran a “Corner Store” across from Warren Dunes. She volunteered at the River Valley Senior Center and was a fixture at St. Agnes Church in Sawyer where she was a member of the Altar Society for many years. Jessie was a wonderful, soft spoken, smiling, caring, generous, giving, woman serving others with sweetness in her heart. Her daughter will always remember her as a thoughtful, loving mother, grandmother, and “Nana”.
Survivors include her daughter, Laura C. Parsons of San Diego; grandchildren, Kathleen, Edwin (Ned), Joseph (Tammy), Michael (Christine), Maureen, and James (Jun); great grandchildren, Amanda, Laura A, Derek, Haley, Michael Riley, Matthew, Mason and Samantha Sophia and her brother, Dan (Teri) Kalinowski. Her husband Joseph preceded her in death on July 9, 1979. She was also preceded in death by her brother Fred (Peggy) Kalinowski and sisters, Frances (John) Marcisz, Rose (Joseph) Sturk, and Florence (Walter) Kasprzycki.
A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at St. Agnes Church in Sawyer, Michigan with the Reverend Father Donald Suberlak, C.R. as Celebrant. Interment of her ashes will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Chikaming Township.
Memorials may be made to St. Agnes Church.
Pobocik Funeral Home, Three Oaks is serving the family.
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Known to the Dolezel children as Aunt Jessie, she was a wonderful sweet woman. She always made us a lamb cake at Easter as she was my sister Michele’s godmother. She will be missed.
Like Sue said, she was Aunt Jessie. I had the privilege of seeing her at Mass every Sunday. She was a sweet and kind person. I always enjoyed my conversations with her. She will so be missed. Love you Aunt Jessie!!
I will dearly miss my Aunt Jessie who was a wonderful kind & sweet loving person who kept up a line of communication through all the years when I was in the service and now living in Southern Calif.(L.A.)Area since 1967. She was very proud of her Daughter Laurie and of all her Grandkids as she shared story’s of them to me. She now will join Uncle Joe whom I loved much too. Truly, she will be missed by us all whos lives she touched. RIP.
My sister, Cathy, and I send our condolences. We are the Granddaughters of the late Andrew “Andy” Banas, Sr., who lived in the San Francisco bay area with his wife, Dena. His daughter, the late Janet Banas Gaona was our mother. God bless your family. We know mom would have wanted to send something, so we’ll do that in Jesse’s name. Kind wishes, Cindy and Cathy
I just heard of Aunt Jessie death. I was surprised since I received a Christmas card from her and tried to call her recently and her phone was disconnected. I knew something was wrong so my daughter laura found her on line. I am very sad to hear that I will not hear from her again. She was a wonderful aunt that showed me a positive side of life. I feel very blessed to have known her. I will always treasure the memories of summers spent with her and Uncle Joe. My condolences to Laurie and her family.