Norina Grace D'Altorio
July 12, 1914 — November 3, 2008
Norina Grace D'Altorio
Columbiana-November 3, 2008-Norina Grace D'Altorio, 94, died at 11:25 p.m. Monday at Whispering Pines Village in Columbiana.
Mrs. D'Altorio was born July 12, 1914 in Donora, PA, a daughter of Luigi and Marianna Ritacco Diulus.
Norina had lived in this area for the past four years moving to Ohio from Monessen, PA in October of 2004. She had attended California State Teachers graduating with a BA in Education. She had been employed as an elementary teacher for Elizabeth Forward School District for 28 years. Mrs. D'Altorio was also co-owner of Paul A. D'Altorio Funeral Home in Monessen, Monongahela and California, PA. Her favorite things to do with her family were making homemade soup with homemade noodles, and meatballs and going shopping.
She was a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord Church in Monessen, PA and Catholic Daughters of America.
Her husband, Paul Anthony D'Altorio, whom she married July 31, 1943 died April 10, 2005.
Norina is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Jean (David) Cusick of Columbiana and Rosemary D'Altorio of Annapolis, MD; four grandchildren, Paul (Patti) Cusick, Jennifer (Matthew) Strank, Eric (Joy) Cusick and Maria Jaunakais; and five great grandchildren, Gabriel and Anthony Cusick, Olivia and Matthew Strank, and Julian Cusick.
She was also preceded in death by a sister, Louise Marconyak.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Friday, at the Epiphany of Our Lord Church in Monessen, PA with the Father David Nazimek officiating. Burial will follow in the Grandview Cemetery Association in Monessen, PA.
Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday at the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home in Columbiana, OH and 9:30-10 a.m. at the church on Friday.
Material tributes may take the form of a donation to Southern Care Hospice 5401 Ashley Circle Suite E Youngstown, OH 44515.
Special thanks to the staff at Whispering Pines Village, Southern Care Hospice and her private caregivers: Debby Ludwig, Jane Fletcher, Cara Burt Orr, Megan Bettura, Lynne McCurdy, Patty Hogue and Lana Hogue.
