Mary L. Koslovsky (nee Hoover) of Toledo, Ohio, died at the Comfort Cave Unit of Lake Park on Nov. 11, 2004, at age 89. She had been ill for several months.

She was born on Aug. 10, 1915, in St. Francis, the daughter of Lewis C. and Estella (Stella) Mae Liddell Hoover.

Mrs. Koslovsky, called "Dutch" by her family, was educated in the local schools in St. Francis. She graduated from Campbell High School in 1932, after graduation she attended St. Luke's Hospital Nursing School in St. Louis. She attained her Registered Nurse's license in 1936 and continued working in St. Louis until she took a job in 1931 as a plant nurse in Clearing, Ill., where she met her future husband who was working there on special assignment.

She was united in marriage to Thomas G. Koslovsky on April 15, 1940, at St. Edmund's Church in Oak Park, Ill.

While raising her family, she returned to nursing and worked in private opthamology practices in New Jersey and Ohio. She later worked at St. Vincent's Eye Clinic. She retired in 1984.

In her mid-fifties, she returned to college earning an A.A. degree from Lourdes College and graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English at age 64 from the University of Toledo in 1980. She continued graduate work in English at the University of Toledo.

Mrs. Koslovsky was a volunteer with the Red Cross, Lake Park/Flower Hospital, the Alzheimer's Foundation, Meadowvale Elementary School and Washington Local.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas G. Koslovsky in 1993; her father, Lewis C. Hoover in 1957; her mother, Estella Mae Hoover in 1955; and her brother, Ray Hoover of Little Rock in 1977.

She is survived by four children, Thomas of Huntington, N.Y., James of Toledo, Mary of Toledo and Steven of St. Louis. In addition to her children, survivors include a daughter-in-law, Sue Koslovsky; 10 grandchildren, Christopher, Marc, John and Paul of N.Y., Curt, Craig, Jennifer and Kimberly of Ohio, and David and Daniel of St. Louis; three great-grandchildren, Emily, Anna and Mason of Ohio; and three nieces, Sarah Lee McGraw of Little Rock, Annette Hoffman of Little Rock and Elena Whiting of Florida.

The Mass of the Resurrection was held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 15, 2004, at Little Flower Catholic Church on Dorr Street. Interment followed at Resurrection Cemetery alongside her husband.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her name can be made to Habitat for Humanity or a charity of the donor's choice.