Cornelia "Connie" Facsko

March 31, 1935 - April 7, 2018

Cornelia Christine “Connie” Facsko (nee Sivak), age 83, of Amherst passed away on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Mercy New Life Hospice Center surrounded by her family. Connie was born on March 31, 1935 in Fairport Harbor, Ohio and graduated from Fairport Harbor High School in 1953 and upon her graduation attended Ohio University. Connie made her career as a sales clerk for Sears Department Store in Elyria for 25 years. Alongside her husband, she was a founder of the Lorain Catholic Band Boosters and organized yearly fundraisers for the booster club. Connie also coordinated the auxiliary units of the band majorettes, drill team and flag corps for many years. She was also very active in the United States Twirling Association as the director of the State Pageant for many years, and director of the Amherst Strutters, and parent organizations for Edna Kaye’s Steel City Strutters, and the Biro’s Blazers Baton Group. Connie was always a supportive cheerleader for her children’s, grandchildren’s, nieces and nephews sports, baton, drum corps and cheerleading events. She enjoyed flower gardening, and baking, especially her lady lock cookies, and was an avid Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Indians. She is survived by her son, Joseph “Jeff” (Kristie) Facsko, of Noblesville, IN; daughter, Stephanie (Robert) Dziak, of Mesquite, TX; grandchildren, Drew (Elizabeth) Facsko, Cody Dziak, and Lindsay Dziak; great-grandchildren, Bruce and Clark Facsko; sisters-in-law and brother-in-laws, Roz and Donald Mittendorf, and Margaret and Arlie Lenox. Connie was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph B. Facsko, in 2002; parents, Steve and Mary Sivak; mother and father-in-law, Joseph and Margaret Facsko; sisters, Margaret (Frank) Gable, and Irene (John) Boros. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 13, 2018 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the Dovin and Reber Jones Funeral & Cremation Center, 1110 Cooper Foster Park Road, Amherst. Closing prayers will be held on Saturday, April 14th. at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral center followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 200 St. Joseph Drive, Amherst, OH. Rev. Father Timothy O’Connor, Pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Lorain. Contributions may be made in memory of Connie to Mercy New Life Hospice, 3500 Kolbe Road, Lorain, OH 44053 or to St. Joseph Catholic Church, 200 St. Joseph Drive, Amherst, OH 44001. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.dovinreberjones.com