LOS ANGELES - A celebration of life will be held at a later date in Los Angeles for Michele Hessman-Ross, 48, formerly of Youngstown, who passed away Wednesday evening in Stow.
Michele was born July 14, 1964, in Youngstown, to Ralph D. and Rosemarie (DelFlore) Hessman.
She was a 1982 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and later graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1987.
Michele owned and operated Hessman Inc. in Los Angeles, where she worked as an asset manager for corporate real estate for 10 years.
She is survived by her husband, Stuart Ross, whom she married March 29, 2013; her mother-in-law, Edith Ross; her stepmother, Mary Lou Hessman; two sisters, Jackie (David) Dohar of Stow and Jeri Hessman of Arlington, Va.; brother-in-law, Ken Ross; two nieces, Lucy Allen and Taylor Dohar; two nephews, D.J. Dohar and Jake Dohar; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Michele was preceded in death by her parents.
Family and friends may call Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Canfield Chapel.
The family has requested that memorial tributes take the form of donations to UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza Suite 502, Los Angeles, CA 90095 or weSPARK Cancer Support Center, 13520 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.
Visitation
APR 20. 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes Boardman-Canfield Chapel
3701 Starr Centre Drive
Canfield, OH, US