Marjorie Corak

Marjorie M. Corak, age 94, of Niles, Michigan, passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2015, in her home following an extended illness, with family at her side.

Marjorie was born on May 17, 1921, in Detroit, Michigan, to Frank and Zulma (Claeys) Kranz, and graduated from Eastern High School in Detroit.

On November 26, 1942, she married John E. Corak in Detroit. They began their life together in West Allis, Wisconsin, eventually settling in Niles, Michigan, in 1962. John and Marjorie celebrated twenty-eight years of marriage before his death in 1971.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers Francis, Donald, James, Russell, and John (Jack) Kranz and sisters Beatrice Ketelhut and Mary Evelyn Zanger.

Surviving family includes her children, Earle (Judy) Corak of Eau Claire, Michigan, Richard (Phyllis) Corak of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michael (Jacqueline) Corak of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Joseph (Janice) Corak of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Robert (Susan) Corak of Portage, Michigan, and Mary (Scott) Hartay of Brookfield, Wisconsin; her grandchildren, Gary (Lynne) Corak, Mindy Corak, Renée (Lewis) Whalen, Alison (Owen) Grau, John Corak, Anne Hartay, Matthew Hartay; her great-grandchildren, Allissa Corak, Rachel Corak, Keigan James, Edith Whalen, and Beatrice Whelan; her sisters Rosemary DeMello of Fraser, Michigan, and Marilyn Sollars of Warren, Michigan; and many nieces and nephews.

Marjorie worked as a secretary for various organizations, including the Detroit Police Department, Chrysler Corporation, and the former Sarley Heating Company in Niles, but none provided her more pride and satisfaction than her volunteer work with the late Sister M. Delora Geraghty, C.S.C., at the St. Mary's Christian Service Center food pantry.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 14, 2015, at Saint Mary Catholic Church by the Rev. Alphonse Savarimuthu, MSFS, of the parish. Committal Rites will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Niles.

The family wishes to express its gratitude to Patsy McMichael, Always There HHC LLC, and Hospice at Home for their special care of Marjorie.

The family will receive relatives and friends on Thursday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with recitation of The Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Contributions in memory of Marjorie may be made to St. Mary’s School in Niles.