Danielle Samarco

AUSTINTOWN - Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel for Danielle Samarco, 38, who died early Thursday morning at the Hospice House after a long a courageous battle with ovarian cancer.

Danielle was born April 5, 1974, in Youngstown, the daughter of Thomas and Pamela A. Boncyk Samarco.

She was a 1992 graduate of Girard High School and most currently had been working as a tanning consultant at Tropitan for over seven years until the time of her illness in 2009. She was a member of St. Rose Church, liked to shop, enjoyed sports and was a Steelers and Pirates fan. Most importantly she loved spending time with her children, they were the light of her life.

Danielle will be remembered as a kind hearted person who loved her family and friends and would do anything for anyone.

She is survived by her father, Thomas Samarco of Austintown; her three daughters, Brooke Thomas, Daisy Thomas and Danica Mc Allister, all of Austintown; a brother, Thomas J. Carrie Samarco of Plum Borough, Pa.; her niece and nephew, Alyssa and Austin Samarco; and Brooke and Daisy's father, Bill Thomas.

Danielle was preceded in death by her mother; her grandparents; a brother, Stanley J. Samarco; and Danica's dad, Mark McAllister.

Danielle's family requests that material tributes take the form of donations to a fund set up for her children in care of the funeral home.

Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel.

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