Mary Ann Arbini

Mary Ann Arbini, born January 31, 1921 to Joe and Theresa Grassi, went to Washington School.  She married Joe Arbini in 1939.  They were married 51 years.  They lived in Seattle, Wa where they retired.  Mary worked at the cannery, Bee Hive, Penny’s, Sears and Bon Marche in Walla Walla, Richland, Spokane and Seattle Pike and Pine till she retired.  Then moved to San Diego, Oceanside and Carlsbad in California and then she moved back home to Walla Walla in 1999 and lived in Golden West Estates.  She enjoyed shopping and riding the bus.  She had 3 brothers Carl, Ambrose and Angelo Grassi and 1 sister Josephine Bagby in Spokane, Wa.   Nephews and nieces Jo Ann Waldo, David Bagby, Gordon Grassi, Angelo’s girls, Coleen, Larry, John and Caroline Arbini, Eleanor Hays, Robert John Ellis.  She will be missed.

Viewing and Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 from 11:00 am until after the Rosary at the Chapel of the Herring Funeral Home; the Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held at 6:00 pm, Sister Helen Mason will officiate.  A Celebration of the Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 10:00 am at St. Francis Catholic Church with Father Matthew Nicks, Celebrant.  Vault Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery.

Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Francis Catholic Church or Walla Walla Community Hospice through the Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362.

Family and friends are invited to view and sign the online guestbook at www.herringgroseclose.com .