Mary Alice Cimino
Mary Alice Cimino, 83, of Houston, passed away Monday, October 1, 2018.
She was born June 16, 1935, in Canonsburg, a daughter of Steve and Anna Kilian Solensky.
She was a member of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, Meadow Lands, where she was a member of Christian Mothers.
Mary Alice worked making ice cream for Foremost Dairy and later as a teacher’s aide at Chartiers Houston and Intermediate Unit One. She was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She excelled at cooking and baking, as anyone who visited their home can attest.
She loved dancing, especially polka dancing, and attended the button box jam session on Monday evenings at Strabane Slovene National Benefit Society with her husband, family and friends. She enjoyed playing bingo and won often, and playing cards with her card club.
On July 19, 1958, she married her husband, Norman L. “Pete” Cimino, with whom she just celebrated 60 years of marriage, who survives.
Also surviving are her sons, Norman L. (Catherine) Cimino II of Washington, Thomas A. (Colleen) Cimino of Houston; brothers John (Barb) Solensky of Canonsburg Robert (Wilma) Solensky of Canonsburg; five grandchildren, Norman A. (Kodi), Timothy (Jennifer), Matthew, Marcus and Jacob; six great-grandchildren, Alex, Aubreya, Alex, Samuel, Lorenzo and Lexi; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Dale S. Cimino; sister Anna Mae Solensky; and brother Albert Solensky.
Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Sollon Funeral and Cremation Services, LTD, 30 East College Street, Canonsburg, Phillip L. Sollon, supervisor, J. David Sollon, director, 724-746-1000.
Departing prayers will be held in the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Friday, October 5 followed at 10 a.m. by a Mass of Christian burial in Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, Meadowlands. Burial will follow in Washington Cemetery. The family kindly suggests memorial contributions be made to American Diabetes Association or Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, in Mary Alice Cimino’s name.
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