HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY Rose Ann Guerriero Ruggieri

HONOREE

Residence: Youngstown

Date of birth: April 8, 1919, in Youngstown

FAMILY

Parents: Louis and Mary Bernard Guerriero

Siblings: Rachel Gorgei of Sharon, Pa.; and James, Leonard, Frank, Connie Williams, Julia Cervello and Josephine Guerriero, all deceased

Spouse: The late Ottavio Pasquale Ruggieri, whom she married Sept. 20, 1941, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Youngstown

Children: Alberta (Jerry) Tritt of Hubbard; Rosemary (Gerald) Markowitz of New Castle, Pa.; Sandra (Philip) Chasko of Austintown; and Deborah (Dr. Mark) Hudson of Cairo, Ga.

Grandchildren: 10

Great-grandchildren: 12

BACKGROUND

Education: Graduated in 1938 from East High School

Employment: She worked at Mazda Lamp during World War II, S.H. Kress and Co., Woolworth’s and McKelvey’s Department Store.

Memberships: She is a lifetime member of the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and a member of St. Monica Guild where she served as secretary and past president; member of VFW Post 8841 Ladies Auxiliary; and a lifetime member of VFW Post 4237 in Austintown.

ADDITIONAL INTERESTS

Other information/lifestyle: Rose Ann enjoys gardening, canning, crocheting and helping people in need but most of all being a wife, mother and grandmother.

CELEBRATIONS

Date and location: She will be honored today during a luncheon at the Basilica that is being hosted by her daughters and family members.