POLAND - Prayers will begin Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at the Holy Family Church, for Mariann Concetta Leone, 69, who died Monday at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center.
Mariann was born July 19, 1945, in Youngstown, the daughter of John T. and Lauretta M. (Scappucci) Leone.
She was a 1963 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School and later graduated from Youngstown State University's College of Education in 1968. Mariann taught grades 4 through 6 at Holy Family School in Poland, from 1964 to 1974, and grades 7 and 8 at St. Martin of Tours School in Maple Heights, from 1976 through 1977.
Mariann then retired from teaching to pursue a career in business. She had worked as a medical claims examiner for the Equitable Life Assurance Society in both its Boardman and Cleveland offices. In addition Mariann worked for the K-Mart Distribution Center in Solon and the K-Mart in Boardman and Maple Heights as payroll and cash room manager. She later went on to become Accounting Coordinator/Supervisor in Payroll and Accounts Payable at Brentwood Hospital, now known as Meridia South Pointe Hospital, and at the Northfield Park Harness racetrack.
In 1987, having qualified as a full-charge bookkeeper, she established "Books in Balance," a company providing bookkeeping, accounting, tax and office services to small business enterprises. She also processed "dreaded" income taxes for H&R Block Tax Services.
Mariann was a member of St. Wenceslas Catholic Church in Maple Heights and the Holy Family Church in Poland. She was also a member of the National Education Association; Catholic Alumni Club, Youngstown and Cleveland Chapters; Cardinal Mooney High School and Youngstown State University Alumni Associations; the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers and the Society of Notaries Public.
She is survived by two sisters, Florence Wyand of Pittsburgh and Nancy (Greg) Gebhard of Jackson Township; and nephews Bartholomew H. of New York and Daniel C. Wyand of Washington, D.C.
Friend may call on Monday from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Service
OCT 14. 10:00 AM
Holy Family Church
2729 Center Rd. 224
Poland, OH, US