Angeline “Angie” Nadia Tobin
MEDINA – Angeline “Angie” Nadia Tobin died gracefully while embraced by family at the Martin-Linsin Residence of the Hospice of Orleans County on August 29, 2024. Angie was born on August 9, 1928 in Hamilton, Ontario to Leon A. Musik and Aniela (Rawski) Musik.
It was Angie’s good fortune that her father, Leon, was a concert violinist and teacher which resulted in her beginning violin lessons at the age of 3 on a 1/16 size violin made especially for her in England. She participated in many studio recitals for the next 10 years.
Angie was a voracious reader and, when the weather was good, would spend many hours under a tree indulging in that love! She and her sister spent many happy days with their mother’s family which included her Babcia, Dziadzia, aunts, and uncles. In 1939, Angie’s father joined the Canadian Army for counterintelligence in England and Europe under the guise of the leader of The Kit Kats, a dance band.
The Musik family moved to Philadelphia in 1945 and Angie began studies at Temple University. She worked in a laboratory investigating newly discovered antibiotics such as streptomycin and graduated with an A. B. in Biology. While working as a lab T.A., Angie met her future husband, John Sylvester Tobin, who was a medical student. They married in 1949.
She continued working in the labs until the birth of their first child, Leonore. Angie spent the next 18 years of her life as the world’s greatest mom (AKA “Mom the Magnificent”) and exposed her 5 children to the arts, books, and, of course, humor. Her children were enriched by lessons in tap, ballet, horseback riding, figure skating, and many, many musical instruments.
In the late 1960s, Angie returned to college to obtain an M. Ed. in Special Education. She used her degree with elementary students at Towne Elementary School until the Tobin family relocated to New Jersey in 1974. There, she worked with high school students teaching critical and useful life skills as well as the prescribed curriculum. As an empty-nester, Angie regained time for reading, playing in high school pit orchestras, taking folk dancing classes, and honing her Polish language skills.
Following retirement, Angie, Jack, and Leonore moved to Oklahoma City to be close to daughters Barbara and Jeanne and their families. In the early 2000s both Jack and Leonore passed away.
In 2019, Angie moved back to Medina to live at The Willows Adult Home. As her Alzheimer’s Disease progressed, Angie moved to the wonderful Memory Unit at The Villages at Unity in Greece, NY. After a brief hospitalization, she transferred to The Martin-Linsin Residence in Albion, NY where she enjoyed the loving care of the talented and dedicated hospice staff over her final weeks of life.
Angeline is survived by her sister, Lee Freimiller of FL.; daughters, Barbara Cardin of Oklahoma City, Patricia (Duane) Payne of Medina, Jeanne (George) Borrelli of Albion; son, Gregory (Elizabeth) Tobin of Frederick, MD; grandchildren, James Cardin, Christopher (Carolyn) Payne, Elisa (Paul) Cox, David (Lauren) Payne, Michael (Brooke) Borrelli, John Tobin and Andrew (Harper) Tobin; her effervescent great-granddaughters, Evelyn Payne and Isabella and Makenzie Borrelli; and many special nieces and nephews.
Visitation hours will be 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, September 20 in Bogan & Tuttle Funeral Home at 226 Pearl St., Medina. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 21 in the First Presbyterian Church at 522 Main St., Medina with the Rev. Dr. William Wilkinson officiating. Internment will be in Oklahoma City at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library in Medina or to PAWS in Albion.
Please light a candle or share a memory of Angeline at www.bogantuttlefunerals.com.
