AVON Mary Elizabeth Huesken, 91, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, of COVID-19-related symptoms.
Mrs. Huesken was born in Youngstown, July 31, 1929, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Scott Thomas. She attended St. Dominic School and graduated from Ursuline High School in 1947 before going to work for Truscon Steel Co.
On Jan. 30, 1960, she married Richard R. “Dick” Huesken.
She was active in Boardman PTA, her neighborhood garden club, the Youngstown Opera Guild, Special Olympics and various other organizations supporting the developmentally disabled. She was an avid and skilled bridge player. Indeed, she enjoyed all card games, and her grandchildren will never forget raucous go fish and poker tournaments at the kitchen table.