"Mary Harvis Wade (Antognoli) was taken Home to God on September 13, 2020 surrounded by her friends. Mary, a native of Bowling Green KY spent 23 years in a monastic order-The Sisters of the Cross in Cincinnati Provine. In 1973, Mary came to Mobile to be near her aging mother, who was a resident at the Little Sisters.
After having become a secular, Mary met the renowned and beloved jazz musician John Wade.Enamoured by his subtle sense of humor and his incomparable music, she could hardly refusewhin in 1978, he asked her hand in marriage. For 28 years, they never tired of telling each other; "You're the best thing that ever happened to me".
Mary will be cremated and her ashes buried with her beloved husband at Trinity Episcopal Church Memory Garden, although she is a member of St. Pius X parish.
Mary's friends, Peter and Paula DeMattei would like to thank Southern Care Hospice for their time caring for Mary over the past year. They would also like to thank Comfort Keepers for their love and support over the last two months. "