Mary Carol Palisin

Mrs. Mary Carol Kadela Palisin, beloved mother and grandmother, 66, of 1100 Westlake Drive, Kannapolis, died Saturday, February 11, 2006, at her residence, surrounded by family. A memorial mass will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2006, at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Alvaro Riquelme will officiate. Born December 13, 1939, in Pleasantville, New York, she was a daughter of the late Alois Louis Kadela and Marina Catherine Terhaar Kadela. She had lived in Kannapolis for the past 10 years and was a homemaker and volunteer. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church where she was actively involved and had served several terms as president of the Ladies Guild. She served on the Board of Directors of Cooperative Christian Ministry and was a member of the Kannapolis Country Club. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward F. Palisin, who died August 7, 1998. Survivors include two daughters, Jennifer Palisin Sigmund of Austin, TX and Jill Marina Mitchell of Lansdale, PA; two sons, Jeffry Louis Palisin of Traverse City, Michigan and Jason Edward Palisin of Plano, TX; a sister, Frances C. Slate of Danville, CA; one brother, Jerome J. Kadela of Kannapolis; and six grandchildren, Elizabeth Palisin, Abigail Palisin, Ian Mitchell, Ryan Mitchell, Nicolas Sigmund and Sean Mitchell. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Cooperative Christian Ministry, PO Box 1717, Concord, NC 28026.