She attended Immaculate Conception Parochial School and public schools in Bellevue,Oh.
She worked at the former National Tube Co. during both WWII and Korean War.
She was simultaneously employed by the former Italian Mutual Club of Lorain,Oh.
In 1954 she began a career in the pizza industry that spanned more than a half century.
She worked at the Pizza House in downtown Lorain from 1954 to 1958 and founded Rosie's Pizza Palace in 1958 at Lear Nagel and Detroit Rds. in Avon,Oh.
In 1961 she returned to Lorain,Oh. and established her business at West 9th. St. and Broadway Ave. and later moved the shop to it's present location, 3113 Broadway Ave. Lorain,Oh.
She and her business became a mainstay of Lorain amateur athletics, sponsoring and supporting teams in flag football, touch football, fast and slow pitch football and CYO basketball.
Since the early 1950's she also sponsored teams in the Lorain Little League and it's successor, the Lorain Youth Baseball Program.
She sponsored men's and women's bowling leagues and the youth bowling programs at Shoreway Lanes in Sheffield Lake,Oh. and the former Broadway Lanes in Lorain,Oh.
Rosie was an accomplished bowler in her own right and was inducted into the Bowling Hall of Fame.
From 1982 to 1997 she was a member of the Lorain Women's Bowling Association advisory board and was a delegate to national bowling tournaments.
Since 1977 she has been absent from only 1 national tournament event.
She was inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.
She was a Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers fan.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church of Lorain,Oh.
In addition to her passion for sports, she enjoyed travel, photography and reading, with a special intrest in Zane Gray novels.
Survivors include her son, David M. Brest of Columbia City, Indiana.
3 daughters...Mary J. Carek of Amherst Township,Oh.
Dorothy J. Ryan of Lorain,Oh.
Dolores J. Poli of Lorain,Oh.
Sisters...Carmen "Nellie" Brown of Fremont,Oh.
Josephine LaGrass of Sandusky,Oh.
Brother...Carl Snatoro of Utah.
7 grandchildren...3 step grandchildren...9 great-grandchildren...7 step grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents...Anthony and Mary(nee Barbera) Santoro...2 sisters...Theresa Pelamati and Sarah Profeta...
4 brothers...Russell...Charles...Frank...Tony Santoro.
She attended Immaculate Conception Parochial School and public schools in Bellevue,Oh.
She worked at the former National Tube Co. during both WWII and Korean War.
She was simultaneously employed by the former Italian Mutual Club of Lorain,Oh.
In 1954 she began a career in the pizza industry that spanned more than a half century.
She worked at the Pizza House in downtown Lorain from 1954 to 1958 and founded Rosie's Pizza Palace in 1958 at Lear Nagel and Detroit Rds. in Avon,Oh.
In 1961 she returned to Lorain,Oh. and established her business at West 9th. St. and Broadway Ave. and later moved the shop to it's present location, 3113 Broadway Ave. Lorain,Oh.
She and her business became a mainstay of Lorain amateur athletics, sponsoring and supporting teams in flag football, touch football, fast and slow pitch football and CYO basketball.
Since the early 1950's she also sponsored teams in the Lorain Little League and it's successor, the Lorain Youth Baseball Program.
She sponsored men's and women's bowling leagues and the youth bowling programs at Shoreway Lanes in Sheffield Lake,Oh. and the former Broadway Lanes in Lorain,Oh.
Rosie was an accomplished bowler in her own right and was inducted into the Bowling Hall of Fame.
From 1982 to 1997 she was a member of the Lorain Women's Bowling Association advisory board and was a delegate to national bowling tournaments.
Since 1977 she has been absent from only 1 national tournament event.
She was inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.
She was a Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers fan.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church of Lorain,Oh.
In addition to her passion for sports, she enjoyed travel, photography and reading, with a special intrest in Zane Gray novels.
Survivors include her son, David M. Brest of Columbia City, Indiana.
3 daughters...Mary J. Carek of Amherst Township,Oh.
Dorothy J. Ryan of Lorain,Oh.
Dolores J. Poli of Lorain,Oh.
Sisters...Carmen "Nellie" Brown of Fremont,Oh.
Josephine LaGrass of Sandusky,Oh.
Brother...Carl Snatoro of Utah.
7 grandchildren...3 step grandchildren...9 great-grandchildren...7 step grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents...Anthony and Mary(nee Barbera) Santoro...2 sisters...Theresa Pelamati and Sarah Profeta...
4 brothers...Russell...Charles...Frank...Tony Santoro.
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