NASHUA – Mary Elizabeth Sarameta entered into eternal life on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. A lifelong resident of Nashua, she was born July 17, 1927, daughter of the late Stanley and Domecelia (Gulbin) Antonovich Sarameta, both of Lithuanian descent. Following graduation from Nashua High School in 1944, she was employed as a payroll clerk at the former J.F. McElwain Company until 1952, later retiring as an administrative secretary with Sanders Associates (now BAE Systems) in 1989.
In her younger years, Mary enjoyed dancing at the Commodore Ballroom in Lowell, MA, and even danced with famous baseball player and icon, Yogi Berra. She also loved vacationing in sunny locations and traveling to far-away places, most recently to Spain, Austria, and Italy. Mary also treasured practicing Lithuanian traditions and instilled the Lithuanian culture and heritage in her family, as well as spoke Lithuanian fluently. She enjoyed listening to big band, classical, and Lithuanian music, as well as to the Mantovani Orchestra and Andrea Bocelli. Mary lovingly cared for her mother for her entire life.
Mary was a communicant of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church and the former St. Casimir’s Church, and Catholicism was a very important part of her life.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her nephew George Mikulis in 1978, her brother-in-law Benjamin Mikulis Sr. in 2003, her brother Sylvester Antonovich in 2004, her sister Nellie Mikulis in 2009, and her sister-in-law Bernice Antonovich in 2014.
Survivors include nephew Benjamin Mikulis Jr., niece Patricia Williams, both of Nashua, nephew Dr. David Mikulis of Toronto, Canada, nephew John Antonovich, nieces Mary Green, Donna Hepler, Joan Antonovich Yokote, all of California, and numerous great nieces and nephews.
Family and friends are invited to attend the mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick’s Church, 29 Spring Street, Nashua, NH, on Friday, December 9, at 9:00 a.m. followed by burial at Holy Cross Lithuanian Cemetery, Hudson, NH. There will be no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Mary’s memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, to The Humane Society of Greater Nashua at 24 Ferry Road, Nashua, NH 03064, or to Home Health & Hospice Care, 7 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, NH 03054. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.farwellfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of the FARWELL FUNERAL SERVICE, 18 Lock Street, Nashua.
