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Norina Grace D’Altorio, 94, died Monday, November 3, 2008 at 11:25 p.m. in Whispering Pines Village, Columbiana, OH.

Mrs. D’Altorio was born July 12, 1914 in Donora, a daughter of the late Luigi and Marianna (Ritacco) Diulus.

Norina had lived in the Columbiana area for the past four years moving to Ohio from Monessen in October of 2004. She graduated with a BA in Education from California State Teachers College and was employed as an elementary teacher for the Elizabeth Forward School District for 28 years. She was co-owner of Paul A. D’Altorio Funeral Home in Monessen, Monongahela and California, PA. Her favorite things to do with her family were making homemade soup with homemade noodles, making meatballs and going shopping. She was a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord R.C. Church in Monessen and the Catholic Daughters of America.

Her husband, Paul Anthony D’Altorio, whom she married July 31, 1943 died April 10, 2005. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Louise Marconyak.

She is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Jean (David) Cusick of Columbiana, OH and Rosemary D’Altorio of Annapolis, MD; four grandchildren, Paul (Patti) Cusick, Jennifer (Matthew) Strank, Eric (Joy) Cusick and Maria Jaunakais; and five great grandchildren, Gabriel and Anthony Cusick, Olivia and Matthew Strank and Julian Cusick.

Friends will be received on Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home in Columbiana, OH (www.familycareservices.com). An additional visitation will be held on Friday, November 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in the Epiphany of Our Lord R.C. Church, 618 Knox Avenue, Monessen where a Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. David Nazimek as celebrant. Entombment will follow in Grandview Cemetery, Monessen.

The family suggests memorial tributes to Southern Care Hospice, 5401 Ashley Circle, Suite E, Youngstown, OH 44515 and would like to offer a special thank you to the staff at Whispering Pines Village, Southern Care Hospice and her private caregivers: Debby Ludwig, Jane Fletcher, Cara Burt Orr, Megan Bettura, Lynne McCurdy, Patty Hogue and Lana Hogue.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the James C. Stump Funeral Home Inc., 580 Circle Drive, Belle Vernon/Rostraver Township (724-929-7934) www.jamesstumpfuneralhome.com