Marion Rita (Petey) Summers of 150 Koehler Drive, Sharpsville, passed away at 4:46 p.m. Wednesday, December 30, 2009, after an 8 month battle with cancer. She was 76. Her loving and devoted husband of 57 years, Robert, was at her side.
Marion was born July 20, 1933 in Sharon a daughter of the late Stephan and Palmyra Vasconi Shernisky. Living in Sharpsville her entire life, she was a 1951 graduate of Sharpsville High School.
She married Robert E. Summers on September 6, 1952 in St. Bartholomew Church, Sharpsville, and remained a homemaker until 1968 when she began working for Packard Electric, Warren Ohio. She retired from there 1995.
Always the green thumb she loved gardening and having the ability to nurture anything green and making it grow. She enjoyed cooking for her family during the holidays and particularly Sunday dinner’s. Her home provided her with solace, where she was constantly improving it with her many projects. Many summers she spent outdoors at her pool with family and friends. Marion enjoyed bowling and her Monday card club. She loved traveling to Las Vegas and in her later years, going on a number of cruises with her family. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and met monthly for breakfast with her graduating class of 1951.
Besides her parents, Marion was preceded in death by a brother Thomas Shernisky.
Known by family and friends as Petey, a name given to her by her father when she was unable to pronounce Sweetie-Pie, saying instead Petey-Pie, will always be loved and greatly missed.
Interment: St. Rose Cemetery, Hermitage
Marion was born July 20, 1933 in Sharon a daughter of the late Stephan and Palmyra Vasconi Shernisky. Living in Sharpsville her entire life, she was a 1951 graduate of Sharpsville High School.
She married Robert E. Summers on September 6, 1952 in St. Bartholomew Church, Sharpsville, and remained a homemaker until 1968 when she began working for Packard Electric, Warren Ohio. She retired from there 1995.
Always the green thumb she loved gardening and having the ability to nurture anything green and making it grow. She enjoyed cooking for her family during the holidays and particularly Sunday dinner’s. Her home provided her with solace, where she was constantly improving it with her many projects. Many summers she spent outdoors at her pool with family and friends. Marion enjoyed bowling and her Monday card club. She loved traveling to Las Vegas and in her later years, going on a number of cruises with her family. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and met monthly for breakfast with her graduating class of 1951.
Besides her parents, Marion was preceded in death by a brother Thomas Shernisky.
Known by family and friends as Petey, a name given to her by her father when she was unable to pronounce Sweetie-Pie, saying instead Petey-Pie, will always be loved and greatly missed.
Interment: St. Rose Cemetery, Hermitage
Marion Rita (Petey) Summers of 150 Koehler Drive, Sharpsville, passed away at 4:46 p.m. Wednesday, December 30, 2009, after an 8 month battle with cancer. She was 76. Her loving and devoted husband of 57 years, Robert, was at her side.
Marion was born July 20, 1933 in Sharon a daughter of the late Stephan and Palmyra Vasconi Shernisky. Living in Sharpsville her entire life, she was a 1951 graduate of Sharpsville High School.
She married Robert E. Summers on September 6, 1952 in St. Bartholomew Church, Sharpsville, and remained a homemaker until 1968 when she began working for Packard Electric, Warren Ohio. She retired from there 1995.
Always the green thumb she loved gardening and having the ability to nurture anything green and making it grow. She enjoyed cooking for her family during the holidays and particularly Sunday dinner’s. Her home provided her with solace, where she was constantly improving it with her many projects. Many summers she spent outdoors at her pool with family and friends. Marion enjoyed bowling and her Monday card club. She loved traveling to Las Vegas and in her later years, going on a number of cruises with her family. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and met monthly for breakfast with her graduating class of 1951.
Besides her parents, Marion was preceded in death by a brother Thomas Shernisky.
Known by family and friends as Petey, a name given to her by her father when she was unable to pronounce Sweetie-Pie, saying instead Petey-Pie, will always be loved and greatly missed.
Interment: St. Rose Cemetery, Hermitage
Marion was born July 20, 1933 in Sharon a daughter of the late Stephan and Palmyra Vasconi Shernisky. Living in Sharpsville her entire life, she was a 1951 graduate of Sharpsville High School.
She married Robert E. Summers on September 6, 1952 in St. Bartholomew Church, Sharpsville, and remained a homemaker until 1968 when she began working for Packard Electric, Warren Ohio. She retired from there 1995.
Always the green thumb she loved gardening and having the ability to nurture anything green and making it grow. She enjoyed cooking for her family during the holidays and particularly Sunday dinner’s. Her home provided her with solace, where she was constantly improving it with her many projects. Many summers she spent outdoors at her pool with family and friends. Marion enjoyed bowling and her Monday card club. She loved traveling to Las Vegas and in her later years, going on a number of cruises with her family. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and met monthly for breakfast with her graduating class of 1951.
Besides her parents, Marion was preceded in death by a brother Thomas Shernisky.
Known by family and friends as Petey, a name given to her by her father when she was unable to pronounce Sweetie-Pie, saying instead Petey-Pie, will always be loved and greatly missed.
Interment: St. Rose Cemetery, Hermitage
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