Ann "Pat" Longanbach

June 24, 1931 - March 29, 2017

LONGANBACH, Ann Patricia "Pat" (NEE VOTH) passed peacefully on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in Novi, Michigan. She was 85. Pat was born on June 24, 1931 in Fremont, Ohio to her parents, Allan E. and Irene M. Voth. She attended Fremont Ross High School and Bowling Green State University, where she earned her Bachelor in Education. She followed her passion and began working as an elementary school teacher. She married her high school and college sweetheart on January 3, 1954, when Richard (Dick) Rex Longanbach came home on a brief military leave. She joined him in Fort Smith, Arkansas where she continued to teach young children. The family moved to Ohio where she taught in Willowick, Napoleon, and Van Wert, as well as started a family and raised a daughter, Debra Faye, and son, Thomas Allan. The family relocated to Michigan, where Pat privately tutored children. Pat loved taking photos, shopping, vacationing to Clear Lake, Indiana, and cherished evening boat rides with her husband. Pat was known to be frequently singing and humming her favorite 1940's tunes, even in her later years.

Pat is survived by her husband, Richard (Dick); her children Debra (husband Phillip) and Thomas (Archie)(wife Lynn); grandchildren Courtney (husband William) and Lauren; and great-granddaughter Micayla.

Viewing for family and friends is scheduled for Friday, March 31, 2017 from 4p.m. - 8p.m. at McCabe Funeral Home, 31950 W. 12 Mile Rd., in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Services will be at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 4800 Orchard Lake Rd., in West Bloomfield Saturday, April 1, 2017 with a viewing at 11a.m. until the time of service at 12p.m., followed by a brief ceremony at Pine Lake Cemetery in West Bloomfield, Michigan. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Pat Longanbach's life. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations to the Alzheimer's Association, Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, or Season's Hospice

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