Marianne

Menonna

Marianne Menonna, affectionately known by many as Omi, passed away peacefully on February 10, 2020 at Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quogue .  She was 98 years old.

She was born Marianne Charlotte Kluike on January 22, 1922 in Bartenstein, East Prussia to Karl and Maria Kluike.  Her brother Hans and sister Karla predeceased her.

In the bitter cold of January 1945, she and her family barely outran the advancing Russian army and was boatlifted in a chaotic evacuation to Germany, where she lived for several years in a Displaced Persons camp in Fulda, West Germany. She emigrated to the United States with her husband and daughter Christine on the T.S.S. Neptunia in 1952, and settled in the Bronx, where she became a seamstress for 20 years.

She moved to Montauk in 1972 and worked  at Herb's Market, which was owned by her daughter and son-in-law, Herb Herbert.  She was the "kitchen technician" for 25 years, in charge of making all the soups and salads the store sold.  She was always seen in the kitchen working or talking to the many people who passed through or stopped in just to say hello and chat with her. When she retired, she spent her winters in West Palm Beach, until 2016.

Along with her daughter Christine and son-in-law Herb, she leaves behind granddaughters Susan Stein and Gail Herbert, and four great grandchildren, Jacob and Adam Stein and Gian and David Gregorio.

As per Omi's wishes, there are no funeral arrangements, but the family requests that any donations be made to:

East End Hospice

481 Westhampton-Riverhead Road

Westhampton Beach, NY 11978-7048