In Memoriam
Below is the death notice of Mary Elinsky, Mother of Joseph Elinsky, Class of 1977, Michael Elinsky, Class of 1978, John Elinsky, Class of 1979, and Gregory Elisnky, Class of 1982 and current St. Edward High School Trustee. Grandmother of Kristian Trebilcock, Class of 2017. Please keep the Elinsky and Trebilcock families in your prayers.
Mary Angline Elinsky (nee Lagnese), 91, passed into eternal life on April 9th 2024 at HCA Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, FL.
She was born on Oct 27th, 1932, in Rankin, Pa to Mary Antonette Lagnese (nee DiAna) and John Lagnese. Mary and her loving husband Joe moved to Cleveland, Ohio where they raised their 5 children and were very involved in the St. Rose of Lima parish and St. Edward High School communities. They traveled back to Pittsburgh often to visit family and extended relatives. The past 25 years she lived in Port Charlotte, FL with her husband Joe and made many friendships at the Italian clubs where she belonged and the Elks and Moose lodges. Mary made wonderful friendships everywhere she went and ruled with a wooden spoon by sharing her great capacity for love, especially through the meals she would make for family and friends. Every occasion she would make wonderful meals however Easter and Christmas she gathered her family to prepare special meals and give thanks and praise to our Heavenly God. A mother and grandmother; she was a very caring and loving matriarch with a spontaneous, easy, and flexible style for life. She enjoyed traveling and loved simple things. In her last years she enjoyed watching the birds and animals and feeding and encouraging them to come to her back patio where she would sit and enjoy the day gratefully with family and friends. She will always be loved, cherished, and missed greatly by all who loved and knew her, and she wanted us all to know she will be watching us!
She was the wife of Joseph Theodore Elinsky(deceased) of 58 years. Mother of five children, Joseph P. (Sheryl Doyle) Elinsky, Michael A. Elinsky (son Aiden), John A. Elinsky (children Jessica, Johnny), Gina M. (Michael D. Trebilcock) Elinsky (children: Alyssa, Michael, Christian) and Gregory N. (Renee M. Lynch) Elinsky (children, Nicholas, Sydney, Felicita, Giovanni.
A visitation will be held 4:00PM-7:00PM, Monday, April 29, 2024 at Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel. A Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 11:00AM at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in Port Charlotte. Interment will be held12:30PM, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at Sarasota National Cemetery in Sarasota, Florida.
Arrangements are by Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel.
Posted on: April 22, 2024
You can view a list of all St. Ed's Alumni who have passed away on our website.
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