Cecelia Tondy

STRUTHERS - Private family services were held for Cecelia Marie Tondy, 95, who passed away Monday morning at Assumption Village.

Cecelia was born Sept. 14, 1922, in Campbell, a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Kalafut) Cvengros.

Cecelia was a 1940 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School. During World War II she worked for General Fireproofing and then for LaFrance Dry Cleaning. She devoted her life to raising her four children. Cecelia was a member of the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association No. 344 in Campbell. She enjoyed baking, cooking and going on bus tours. Her greatest joy was babysitting her grandchildren.

Her husband, Anthony V. Tondy, whom she married June 13, 1946, passed away Aug. 12, 2003.

Cecelia leaves her daughter, Paulette DiLullo of Boardman; three sons, Anthony J. (Karen) Tondy of Columbiana, Gary S. (Nancy) Tondy of Boardman, and Larry (Nancy) Tondy of Struthers; three grandchildren, Melissa (Patrick) Williams, Mary (Joseph) Richley, and Olivia Tondy; and two great-grandchildren, Nathan and Jocelyn Richley.

Cecelia was also preceded in death by a son-in-law, George DiLullo; two sisters, Margaret Cvengros and Helen Hudak; and two brothers, Frank and Steven Cvengros.

In lieu of flowers, material tributes may take the form of donations to Hospice of the Valley, 5190 Market St., Boardman, OH 44512.

Professional arrangements are being handled by the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel.