Dear Friends in Christ,

The details for Father Rich's mom's funeral have been finalized.

Visitation will take place at Divine Mercy Parish (St. Joseph Church, 249 Sixth Street, Manistee, MI 49660) on Sunday, September 17, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with a scripture service at 7:00 p.m. The ladies of the Rosary Society will pray the rosary at 6:30 p.m.

The Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Monday, September 18, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. (St. Joseph Church, 249 Sixth Street, Manistee, MI 49660). The visitation at the church will begin at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.

The "plan" is for us to livestream the scripture service on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. and the Funeral Mass on Monday at 11:00 a.m. (through our parish's livestream channels at livestream.stjoan.church, our Roku Channel, and on our Facebook page). This is all dependent on whether all of my technology guardian angels and patron saints help make it happen. On Monday, the "plan," if the streaming goes well on Sunday night with no hiccups, is that we will also stream the Mass in Church (so you can watch it at home/work or in Church). We will open the Church at 10:30 a.m. and then we will stream it on the Church's large screens. If there are hiccups, I will record it and then set it up for viewing on-demand later that day. I will send out an email either way once all the equipment is in place and tested.

Below you will find the obituary as posted on Herbert Funeral Home's website.

Please keep Father Rich, and his sister Mary Lou, in your prayers.

May Sally enjoy eternal rest in the loving arms of our Savior, Christ the Lord.

Eternal rest grant onto her O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her!

In Christ,

Sally Cabot

January 6, 1935 - September 12, 2023

Sally Cabot, 88 was received into the loving arms of the Lord on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at the Manistee County Medical Care Facility in Manistee.

She was born on January 6, 1935, the eldest of two children to William and Virginia (Zielinski) Dembinski. Her younger brother Philip preceded her in death in March 2018. Sally was a lifelong resident of Manistee, attending St. Joseph's Parish and graduating from St. Joseph's school with the class of 1952.

Sally began working at City Drug store, Menerey’s Drug Store, the Manistee Shoe Factory, Newberry’s Department store and the Hardy Salt Company/Diamond Crystal where she retired from in 1992, then assisting her daughter for many years at Rich’s Daisy a Day Flower Shop.

Sally married Joseph Bartoszek on October 2, 1954, they were Blessed with their daughter Mary Lou in 1955 and their son Richard in 1959. Joseph died unexpectedly on January 15, 1966, leaving Sally to be a single loving and devoted parent to her children. She sacrificed to make sure they received 12 years of Catholic Education graduating from Manistee Catholic Central. Sally was one of M.C.C.’s most dedicated supporters. Long after her children graduated, she continued to run Bingo, bake countless pans of rice krispy treats for the student’s events, stuff envelopes with tickets for Harvest, working on many festivals and continued to attend every function and sporting event as long as her health allowed.

One of the greatest blessings of her years at Hardy Salt, was meeting Rex Cabot whom she married on September 22, 1978. They enjoyed over 30 years of life together, spending as much time as they could at their cottage on Crystal Lake, traveling to Detroit for every holiday, delivering flowers everywhere in Manistee County, traveling with family and friends and enjoying life together. Rex preceded her in death on November 29, 2009.

Sally was very proud of her Catholic faith and was always willing to help others in any way. Her motto was “If you want something done, ask a busy person”. She was always willing to get involved and was not afraid to be a leader, a trait she handed on to her children. 

Sally lived for three years before moving to the Medical Care at Horizon Pointe. She was so blessed with the new friends she made there, who taught her at eighty years old, to play Euchre, she enjoyed going to Bingo, any casino, cooking and entertaining, meeting new people and traveling. She enjoyed spending winters in Detroit where she made many friends and enjoyed traveling to Palm Springs.

The last years of Sally’s life she resided at the Manistee County Medical Care Facility. In her loving way, she instructed her children, that when the time came for her to need full time care, that was where she wanted to go, as she was a volunteer there for many years. She would often say “they treat me like a Queen here”. She was blessed with outstanding care by the men and women who cared for her until her death.

Sally is survived by her children Mary Lou Racine and Fr. Rich Bartoszek, along with three men who were very special to her, Jeffrey Seng, John Umlauf and Carl Loftis. She is also survived by her dear cousins, who always treated her as a sister, Leona Swanson, Margaret Zajac, Lori Chycinski and Betsi Rothrock, also surviving are many nieces and nephews as well as their families. Her sister-in-law Sr. Mary Honoria Bartoszek also survives her. Besides her parents, brother and husbands, she was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Buzz Racine.

Visitation for Sally will be held at Divine Mercy Church (St. Joseph Church) on Sunday, September 17, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with a scripture service at 7:00 p.m. The ladies of the Rosary Society will pray the rosary at 6:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Monday, September 18, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. The visitation at the church will begin at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, it was Sally’s choice that a memorial be established in her name to the Manistee Catholic Central Foundation, envelopes will be available at the church. Service will be live streamed at livestream.stjoan.church

The Herbert Funeral Home of Manistee is in charge of funeral arrangements.