Wanda Zizes

Wanda Zizes passed away September 15, 2012 while living in a senior facility, Brewster Parke.

She is formerly of Wheeling, W.Va. and was a resident of Cuyahoga Falls since 1956. She was born in Locru, Reggio Calabria, Italy. She was a graduate of Wheeling High School and West Liberty College in West Virginia, graduating with a B.A. in Education.

Her career began in Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin teaching English and Speech for three years. She then resided in Ravenna, Ohio where she taught English for three years. In 1956, she moved to Cuyahoga Falls where she and her family lived for 50 years. She taught English and Spanish for 24 years at Bolich Middle School and three years at Cuyahoga Falls High School. She was a member of NEOTA, OTA. She enjoyed reading, sewing and painting, and she was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Preceded in death by her father, Emil Macri; her mother, Theresa Macri and her brother, Hector Macri; she leaves daughter, Adriann (Jeff) Thornberry; son, Tony (Corinne) Zizes; and three grandchildren, Aaron and Drew (Julie) Thornberry and Angelina Zizes; brothers, Claude and Harold (Betty) Macri; sister-in-law, Alethine Glaros.

SAFELY HOME

I am home in heaven, dear ones.

Oh, so happy and so bright!

There is a perfect joy and beauty

In the everlasting light.

All the pain and grief is over,

Every restless tossing passed;

I am now at peace forever,

Safely home in heaven at last.

There is work still waiting for you,

So you must not idly stand,

Do it now, while life remainetha�"

You shall rest in God's own land.

When that work is all completed

He will gently call you Home;

Oh, the rapture of the meeting

Oh, the joy to see you come!

Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. WEDNESDAY at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1761 2nd. St., Cuyahoga Falls 44221. Entombment at Northlawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Billow FALLS Chapel, 1907 23rd. St., TUESDAY from 5 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church or the Cuyahoga Falls Retired Teachers Association.