KayAnn Mansour

KayAnn was born on March 15, 1946, in Wayne County, Michigan, to Winfield and Ruth Drake (Crnkovich).

She was raised in Calumet, where she attended Calumet High School.

After graduating, she later moved to Chicago, where she began building a life centered on family, faith, and compassion.

KayAnn will be remembered for her kindness, warmth, generosity, and unwavering devotion to her family. Her love for her grandchildren was boundless and profoundly evident to all who knew her.

She is survived by her four children, Elizabeth (Tom) Marcy, Jeanette (Bob) Nelson, Marguerite (Moe) Jumah, and Jean-Paul (Jennifer) Mansour; and by her 12 beloved grandchildren, Frank, John, Adam, Laila, Patrick, Sammy, Jenny, Kaitlyn, Grace, Sarah, Maren, and Matthew; she is also survived by her brothers, Frank Jr. and Edward (Tina) Crnkovich; along with several nieces, nephews, and countless others touched by her compassion and gentle spirit.

KayAnn was preceded in death by her mother, Ruth; her father, Winfield; her stepfather, Frank; her sisters, Nancy and Mary Lou; and her sister-in-law, Vicky.

A memorial service celebrating her life will be held in Calumet, later this summer.

“I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways of happy times and laughing times and bright sunny days. I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun of happy memories that I leave when life is done.”