Ann Krivan

Mary Martha Hinkle was born in Lansing in 1940 to Ralph Hinkle and Eunice Hinkle, and was the eldest of three daughters (Jane and June). Mary went on to change her name to Sue Matsen, then later to Ann Krivan. Friends and loved ones knew her simply as Kabia.

After graduating from Eastern High School, she attended secretarial school. Kabia’s specialties were typing and shorthand. She was employed by the State of Michigan in the secretarial pool for 20 different departments and provided typing services to Michigan State University students who were completing their theses and doctoral studies.

Kabia loved the Lord and taught vacation Bible school in the family’s backyard. She was an active member of South Lansing Church of Christ. She visited nursing homes with her boys when they were small, playing hymns on the organ or piano.

Kabia was preceded in death by her parents, and is survived by sisters Jane Armour and June Hinkle; her children, Steven (Natalie) of Virginia Beach, James (Connie) of Lansing, and Paul (Michelle) of Bridgeport, Ohio; in addition to her grandchildren Tara, Sara, Casey, Arron, and Kayla as well as nine great-grandchildren.