Peter P. Rossi Jr.

Owner/ Funeral Director

Telephone: 1-330-372-4211

Mary D. Rossi

March 16, 1940 - April 17, 2019

Mary D. (DiLoreto) Rossi, 79, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, April 17, 2019 after a courageous nine- and half-year battle with cancer.

Mary will always be remembered and loved for the way she has touched all our lives. She was a woman of great strength, courage and fortitude, always dressing with the most impeccable styles and had a smile that could brighten any room.

Mary was born March 16, 1940, in Warren Ohio, the daughter of the late Alfred and Clorinda (Corradi) DiLoreto and was a lifelong area resident.

Mary was a 1958 graduate of Warren St. Mary’s High School where she was a cheerleader and the 1957 Football Homecoming Queen. Also, throughout attending high school, Mary volunteered as a candy striper at Trumbull Memorial Hospital. She then continued her education at Kent State University where she was a member Delta Zeta Sorority earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Deaf and Elementary Education in 1961.  

Besides being a proud homemaker and a true matriarch for her family, Mary touched and influenced many children’s lives over her 31 years as an educator. She began her career teaching deaf students at Frances Willard Elementary School in Warren, followed by her second year in Swissville, Pennsylvania, at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf while her husband attended mortuary school. Upon his graduation they returned to Warren, where she taught deaf students for another 9 years at Frances Willard Elementary School and the Trumbull County Hearing Society. Following the ten years, the deaf classes moved into the Champion School System, at which time Mary remained in the Warren City School System. Mary retired in 1990 from various Elementary Schools where she taught her final twenty years with her final assignment at Secrest Elementary School. Mary was honored in the 1969 edition of Who’s Who of Outstanding Woman in America for recognition of her outstanding accomplishments and service to her community and profession.  

Mary was a member of the North East Ohio Retired Teachers Association, the Ohio Education Association, the Warren Education Association, the National Education Association, the Trumbull County Hearing Society and its Advisory Board, the Warren and Niles Chapter of the Ohio Association of Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children, was a member and Past President of Trumbull County Woman’s Panhellenic Association, the Trumbull County Business and Professional Woman’s Club, the St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary and was the supervisor of the Candy Stripers, the Warren Jaycee-ettes, the Mahoning Valley Machine Knitters Guild where she held the position of past president along with numerous golf leagues and her favorite one was the Chip -N-Putt Golf League. Mary was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church, where she was a greeter and past President of the Woman’s Guild. She was a Charter Member of the Tri-Co. Summer Enrichment Program for Handicapped Children where she was a huge supporter and very instrumental in getting funding from the State of Ohio. Mary also would go to all the local restaurants having them donate lunches for the kids for the 6-week program.

In 1974 Mary was named Warren “Mother of the Year” by the Trumbull County Business and Professional Woman’s Club.

Mary was an outstanding cook and all that had the privilege to taste any of her wonderful Italian dishes, knows how much they will be missed.   Her most cherished moments were spent with her grandchildren whom she loved and adored with all her heart. Mary was proud to be their “Nonna” and looked forward to going to Columbus, where she would take them to museums, fairs and ride all rides with them.

Mary had many passions throughout her life. She loved to stay busy and be on the go and you could always find her doing one of her many enjoyments: playing tennis golfing, water skiing, snow skiing, dancing especially the electric slide, swimming and working out, playing cards, especially bridge with her club girls, horseback riding with friends in the Metro Parks in Cleveland and traveling all over the world to various countries.

Mary was a very talented seamstress and knitter on her computerized knitting machine. She would design and make her own clothing under the label of Nicki DiLoreto. She looked forward to entering her clothing in the Canfield Fair yearly, in which she always won numerous awards and ribbons, earning 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, places.

Mary was the co-owner and Secretary of the Peter Rossi & Son Memorial Chapel with her husband Peter Jr. from 1964 until the present. Mary obtained her funeral directors license in August of 1973 and served many families in the Warren community along with being the beautician for the funeral home. She was a member of Ohio Funeral Directors Association, Tri-County Funeral Directors Association, and the National Funeral Directors Association.

Mary leaves behind to hold onto her precious memories, her high school sweetheart and husband of over 56 years, Peter P. Rossi Jr, whom she married August 18, 1962, her children Peter P. “PR3” Rossi III of Howland, Dr. Thomas (Jennifer) Rossi MD, of Hilliard, and Nannette N. “NiNi” Rossi at home, three grandchildren Brianna “Bri”, Kylie Marie and Nicolo “Nico” Rossi all of Hilliard, a sister-in-law Carol (Richard) Radich of Warren, two brothers-in-law Nick Santucci of Howland and Robert L. Luscher of Cortland and numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.

Besides her parents, Mary is preceded in death by a brother; Nicholas DiLoreto, two sisters Rosaria “Rose” Santucci, and Marianina DiLoreto, an aunt and uncle who helped raise her Thomas and Maddalena DeMidicis, her father and mother-in-law Peter P. Sr. (Jennie) Rossi and two sisters-in-laws Cynthia Lockney, and Sandra Luscher

Chelsey Santucci

Owner/Funeral Director/Embalmer

Chelsey is the great nephew of Mary and Peter Rossi. Since Chelsey was in the third grade, at St. Charles Elementary School, he always dreamed of being a Funeral Director. It's a passion for him, and always has been. He loves working with people in their most difficult times and strives to make things a little easier for them. Chelsey graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1997 and went on to attend Youngstown State University. He graduated with a Bachelors in Business Administration in 2002 and continued on to graduate in 2003 from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science with an Associates Degree.

Associations: 

• Member Our Lady of Mt Carmel 
• Member St Maron Church 
• Vestibule Club 
• Italian Festival Committee 
• Finance Council 
• Former Parish Council Member 
• Eucharistic Minister 
• Usher 
• President of Wolves Club Den VI 
• Former President & Member Tri County *Funeral Directors Association 
• Ohio Funeral Directors Association 
• Ohio Funeral Embalmers Association 
• Knights of Columbus 3rd & 4th Degree 
• Sons of Italy Lodge 2359 
• Cornerstone Coaches 
• Arco Club 
• Johnson Club 
• Youngstown Morra League

Joseph Carrier

Funeral Director

Joe is a proud native of Youngstown's west side. He graduated from Saint Christine Elementary School in 2010 and is a member of the 2014 graduating class of Ursuline High School. Joe earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from John Carroll University in 2018 and his Associate's Degree from The Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 2019. He is the son of Nancy Gelonese-Kirchner and Joseph P. Carrier Sr. and the grandson of Funeral Director and Embalmer, Eugene Gelonese, who passed away in 1978. Joe and his wife, Ashley (Amendol) Carrier, belong to Saint Christine Parish in Youngstown.

Affiliations and Honors:

• Church Organist and Pianist
• Founding Member of "The Steel Street Band"
• Eagle of the Cross Recipient 2014
• 2nd Degree Knight of Columbus
• Certified Celebrant
• Eucharistic Minister

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