Anne K. Towne's Obituary
Anne K. Towne (nee Kresman), age 96, of Lorain, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Mercy Regional Medical Center.
Born on December 7, 1917 in Luzerne, PA to the late Charles and Barbara (nee Hritzko) Kresman, she came to Lorain with her family in 1922. She graduated from Lorain High School in 1935.
For 15 years Anne worked as an office manager and medical secretary for Dr. Julian Silecky. She retired in 1980.
She was a member of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, where she enjoyed volunteering her time.
Anne sang with the Singing Seniors Chorus through the Salvation Army. She enjoyed gardening, especially flower gardening, listening to live music, traveling, watching sports, and reading novels.
She is survived by her sisters, Helen Oros, of Richfield, OH and Margaret Kocorek, of Garland, TX.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell in 1943, her son, Richard in 1987, her brothers, Michael and John and her sisters, Susan Huber, Olga Tymms and Barbara Thomas.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, November 11th from 4-7 p.m. in the Dovin and Reber Jones Funeral & Cremation Center, 1110 Cooper Foster Park Rd., Amherst, where a Parastas service will be conducted at 6:00 p.m. Funeral Liturgy will be on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, 2711 West 40th Street, Lorain. Rev. Fr. Nicholas Rachford, pastor, will officiate. Private inurnment will be held at a later date.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.dovinreberjones.com
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