These pioneer women baseball players left us in December 2011 and January 2012. We former teammates and friends send out heart-felt condolences to the families and friends who share in the loss of these loved ones.

 To read these obituaries, click on the link provided for each.

MABEL HOLLE

Mabel was a gym teacher and coach at Waukegan High School for more than 35 years — and was one of the few league players left who played in the AAGPBL’s inaugural year. Mabel was recruited by the Kenosha Comets, where she played third base and outfield. She would also play for the South Bend Blue Sox.

Ms Holle died of colon cancer at her home in Lake Forest. IL . She was 91. Obituary

Marion A. (Wohlwender) Fricker 

Marian worked tirelessly tending to duties at home.  Marian and George were hard workers…They were able to move into a home on the Westside of Cincinnati,with a big yard able to accommodate a vegetable garden and plenty of room to spread out,and raise their family.  Marian worked at jobs in food service and finished her career at Mackes IGA in Cincinnati. She loved her job and the people. 

 Her love of the game and her skill in playing earned her an opportunity at the age of 21 to tryout for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in Chicago [in 1943].   She received a professional contract to play [catcher] for the Kenosha Comets in Wisconsin.  It was an exciting time for her. 

Marion passed from life into eternal life on December 17, 2011, at Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers, FL, following an extended hospitalization. Obituary

Kathlee Malach (Kay Webb)

Kathleen enjoyed a 24 year fencing career with much success in local and regional tournaments, Canada, and a national tournament in New York. She taught fencing at the University of Tennessee for several years. She retired from ORNL in 1988 after 36 years of employment. In 1945, Kay went on to play semi-professional baseball with the Fort Wayne Daisies 

Kay died at the age 85, on Monday, December 19, 2011, at home after a long battle with cancer. Obituary not avaiable


 

Posted on Sunday, January 1, 2012

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