Former Livingston resident Marie Tarasko Bystrak of New Bern, North Carolina, died at the age of 104 on October 18. She is survived by her sons, Gary Bystrak of Emerald Isle, North Carolina, and Stephen “Buddy” Bystrak of Gray, Georgia; her daughters, Marilyn Valentine of Graniteville, South Carolina, Carol Ernst of New Bern, and Christine Batt of Mesa, Arizona; 19 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. The funeral Mass was held on Wednesday, October 22, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church.
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