Betty J. (nee Jurina) Taliano

LORAIN — Betty J. (nee Jurina) Taliano, age 89, passed away on the evening of Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at the Indepen - dence Village of Avon Lake.

Betty was born in Cleveland on Aug. 2, 1925, and had been a long-time resident of Lorain; she was a 1943-B graduate of Lorain High School and went on to attend classes at Cleveland’s Fenn College.

Mrs. Taliano had been employed as an administrative assistant for the Fruehauf Trailer Company in Avon Lake; she was also previously employed by the Reidy-Scanlan Furniture Company.

A parishioner of the Church of St. Peter in Lorain, she served as a volunteer with the Lorain County Board of Elections and was also a member of N.A.RV.E. (The National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees).

In her free time, Betty enjoyed travel, casino junkets, and annual trips to Florida. She was also an avid reader who possessed a special fondness for biographies. In addition, Mrs. Taliano enjoyed conversing about politics.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Eugene; and by sons Daniel (Gale) of Sheffield Village and Nick (Margie) of Cuyahoga Falls. She also leaves grandchildren, Julie (Ted) Hurst and Jaclyn Taliano (Colleen Bozzi); and great-grandchildren, Anna and Dean Hurst.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Alexander and Anna M. (nee Csulik) Jurina; and by sisters, Geraldine Jurina, Shirley Orlandi, Laura Konya, and Carol Goforth.

Visitation will be from 4 until 8 p.m., Monday, in the Gluvna- Shimo- Hromada Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway Avenue, Lorain.

Funeral services will be Tuesday beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral chapel. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10:00 a.m. in the Church of St. Peter, 3501 Oberlin Avenue. Reverend Craig Hovanec, pastor of the parish will officiate. Burial will follow in Ridge Hill Memorial Park.

The family encourages memorial contributions to either St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, (www.stjude.org) or to the VNA Hospice Service, 2500 East 22nd Steet., Cleveland, OH 44115.

To share your memories and condolences with Betty’s family, please visit www.gluvna.net.

Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel www.gluvna.net 440-246-2118