Obituaries

ANN POLITO (nee Ruggie) age 94, died Sunday January 21, 2007 in Bradenton, Florida. Beloved wife for 62 years of the late Anthony B. Sr. Loving mother of Jo Ann (Kozlowski) Greene (Edward), Rosemary Mirrotto (Pete Rhoades), Mercedes (Manning) Boyette (Marshall), Bernadette (Hogan) Creadon (Rock), Matthew A. (Elise), Dominic J. (Joan), John A. (Kathy) and Anthony B. Jr (Joanne). Devoted...

VIRGINIA (BODENGER) PUKLAVEC (nee Michel), age 90. Beloved wife of the late Morris Bodenger. Loving mother of Carolyn Bodenger, Susanne Skove, and step-mother of Tom Puklavec. Devoted grandmother of Lily and Sam. Dearest daughter of the late Marie Marcella (nee Zeller) and Ralph John Michel. Cherished sister of June Wuertz, Marilyn Callaly and the late Doris Tierney and Ralph Michel...

ANNE M. RYAN (nee Rimanoczy), aged 78 years, beloved mother of Terrance, William Patrick (wife Sue), James (wife Bonnie), Thomas, Mary Ryan Roman and the late Daniel, loving grandmother of Austin, Brianna, Daniel and Alyssa Ryan, and Allie Ryan Roman, cherished sister of Beth Rimanoczy.

 

EDWARD THOMAS COOK, aged 81 years, beloved husband of the late Mary K. (nee Mulcahy), dearest father of Colleen Dardzinski (husband Tony), Sharon Getz, Mary E. Betsa (husband Joseph) and Eileen Span (husband Michael), loving grandfather of 10, cherished brother of Marie Coyne (husband Tony) (both deceased) and Robert (wife Rosemary), devoted uncle and great-uncle of many. Mr. Cook was...

MILDRED M. McGRATH, age 81. Beloved sister of Ellen Cronk of Florida, and the late Mollie Pitrone (husband Peter), Jay McGrath and seven other brothers and sisters. Dear aunt and great-aunt of many.

 

ANTOINETTE (FALSONE) GURICH (nee Sharaba), age 94. Beloved wife of the late Milan Gurich and Carmelo Falsone. Devoted mother of Teresa M. Falsone and Carl A. Falsone Sr. (wife Josephine). Cherished grandmother of Michael Falsone (wife Carmen), Carl A. Falsone Jr. (wife Melissa), Rico J. Falsone (fiance Elizabeth) and great-grandmother of Theresa, Nicole, Alicia, and Ella. Dearest sister of Paul...

CARL PINZARRONI, aged 81 years, beloved husband of the late Merle (nee Moccabee), dearest father of Janet Ricco (husband Joseph) and Ralph (wife Sandy), loving grandfather of David, Joseph and Santino Ricco, and Christina and Carl Pinzarroni, cherished great-grandfather of Samantha, Alexa, Joseph, Jack, Dominic, Nicholas and Carlo, devoted brother of Josephine, Antoinette, Frank, Jeanne and the late Mary, fond...

CHARLES E. KELESHIAN, age 77. Former husband of Shirley (nee Sedlak). Loving father of Mark A. (wife JoAnn, nee Hartman). Dear grandfather of Matthew, Katie, Molly and Megan. Dear brother of Alvin (wife Ann), Shirley White and the late Donald (wife Fran) and Ronald. Beloved friend of Mildred.

 

DORIS K. BARTELL (nee Noble), age 87. Beloved wife for 68 years of Willis A. Loving mother of Randall (Ede) of Florida, Willis R. (Marcia, nee Jakab) of Arizona, James (Karen), and Richard (Judith, nee Rosenbaum). Devoted grandmother of Mark (Carrie), Gregory (Olympia), Julie, Theresa, Cindy, James, David and great-grandmother of Julia. Dearest daughter of the late Karl and Lula...

SUZANNE B. DeMARCO (nee Boland). Beloved wife of the late Rocco C. Loving mother of Charles (Mary) and William (Virginia). Devoted grandmother of Theresa and Christina. Dear sister of John, William and David Boland, Kaye Boesch and the late Mary Woeste.

 

MARIE G. MILLER (nee Roback) age 88, went home to be with the Lord. Former wife of the late George J.; loving mother of Judith Ann (Brastoff) Tucholsky (husband William), Denis and Frank (wife Linda); devoted grandmother of Angela and Carolyn and great-grandmother of Julian, Rogelio and Alex; cherished sister of Arthur Roback; dearest cousin of Sabin Ulmicher and Roxanne...

LAWRENCE A. ‘BUSH ‘ BUSHIE, age 77. Beloved husband of the late Rose Marie (nee Lawrence). Loving father of Deborah Lankford (husband Jim), Linda Karides (husband Emmanuel), Sandra Royon (husband Doug), Nancy Stack and Larry John (wife Linda). Cherished grandfather of 9 and great grandfather of 8. Dear brother of Barbara Bowman, Nina Sponberg and Donna Poore. U.S. Army Veteran.

 

OSKAR VIDACEK, aged 73 years, beloved husband of Ana (nee Tirkajlo), loving father of Vedran, Sandra (husband Momcilo Malis) and Zoran (wife Vicky), devoted grandfather of Lara and Vladimir, dear brother of Ljerka Markovic (husband Ljubisa) with their children, uncle of Lela with her children and Pavka.

 

JANET G. GLENN (nee Fix). Beloved wife of the late William. Loving daughter of the late Marie (nee Schlitt) and Elmer Fix. Dearest sister of Ralph Fix of Michigan and niece of Ruth Leinard of Florida. Dear friend of many. She leaves behind her beloved Mini Schnauzer Dutchess.

 

J. DAVID SIMONIS, age 73. Beloved husband for 47 years of Judith H. (nee Boyd). Loving father of Paul, Ruth, Amy Goden (husband Steve), Jean DiFranco (husband Don) and Julie Freeman (husband Herman). Devoted grandfather of Luke, Kelly and Sara Simonis, Elizabeth, Joey, Debbie, Dana, Mark and Monica DiFranco, Brooke Oliver, Brittany and Derrick Freeman and Gregory Goden. Dearest son...

ANNE MARIE RUSICK (nee Blatnik), age 85, died on Sunday December 31, 2006. Beloved wife of the late John H. Rusick. Devoted mother of Cynthia A. Kellogg (husband Dr. William) and Jeffrey J. Rusick (wife Laura). Cherished grandmother of Erica Rusick, Marissa Kellogg, Lindsay Kellogg and Bradford Rusick Dearest sister of Mary Kirschner and Dorothy Ljubi. Best friend and loving...

MARY J. SCHWERTNER (nee Lokar), age 88. Beloved wife of the late Victor H. Loving mother of Ronald (Nancy) of Myrtle Beach, SC, Marilyn Denk (Bryant) of Hanover, NH, Charles (Carol) of Chagrin Falls and Diane Griffin (Bill) of Pittsburgh, PA. Devoted grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother of 3. Dear sister of Jeannette Ruminski, Daniella Schultz and the late John...

SARA M. BONELLI (nee Castrovinci), aged 88 years, beloved wife of the late Angelo J., dearest mother of Michael A. (fiance Arlene Head) and Lucille Ann Janosik (husband David), loving grandmother of Angelo Bonelli (wife Jacqueline), Gina Cheff (husband Dominic), Jonathan Starzynski, Bobby Janosik (wife Jessica) and Jennifer Janosik, great-grandmother of Joey and Danielle Cheff, cherished sister of Janet DeMarco,...

EMIL A. DeCREDICO, aged 90 years, beloved husband of the late Agnes (nee McHenry), dear father of James (wife Jill), Barbara Alvord (husband Robert), Jean Aschenbrener (husband James), Nancy Bundgus (husband Burt), Linda and Albert, loving grandfather of Kathy DeCredico McKenna, Kim, Elizabeth and James DeCredico, Timothy, Matthew, Christopher and Andrew Alvord, Scott and James Aschenbrener, Joy Sweeney, Judi and...

EDWARD L. DEBEVEC, Beloved husband for 50 years of Jeanette K. (nee Kolbe). Loving father of Kathleen Witz (husband William) of MA, Edward B. (Rhonda) and Robert A. (Cyndi). Cherished grandfather of Patrick and Jeffrey Witz, Adam, Rachel and Emily. Dearest son of the late Mary (nee Malnar) and Frank. Dear brother of Mary Bianco of PA, Emma Gutoskey, Theresa...