Honoring the Memory
of Those
We Love

Age 79, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, of Canongate Apartments in Baldwin-Whitehall, formerly Arlington.

Daughter of the late Bernard and Irma Kestner; beloved sister of the late Joseph B. Kestner; loving "mother" of Deborah (Don Jones) Pannier; caring "grandmother" of Melissa (Dale) Borowski and Zachary Jordan; "sister" of Marian Fedak; cherished cousin of Sally Enscoe and Jean Kontos.

Mary Ann spent her life in nursing--from nurse's aide to RN culminating her career at UPMC head and neck oncology. She was a proud graduate of the Pitt School of Nursing and was certified in head and neck nursing.

After retirement, she devoted her life to volunteerism. She was an active member of the Blessed Trinity Ladies of Charity, especially the funeral ministry, the Christian Mothers and Guild, the Southwestern Pennsylvania Nurses Club and the Overbrook Women's Club. She was an avid reader, especially mysteries, and belonged to two book clubs at the Baldwin Library. Mary Ann loved to bake and her pies and orange fudge were legendary. She was a woman of great faith, her final act was to be an organ donor.

Friends will be received at the John F. Slater Funeral Home, Inc., 412-881-4100, 4201 Brownsville Road, Brentwood 15227 on Thursday, March 19, 2026 from 2-8 p.m. Funeral prayer on Friday morning at 8:45. Mass of Christian Burial in Blessed Trinity Parish, St. Sylvester Church at 9:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, family suggests contributions to Humane Animal Rescue at https://humaneanimalrescue.org or the Southwestern PA Nurses Association at https://swparnclub.weebly.com