Lillian Petraitis was BJ secretary

Lillian Petraitis, 85, went home to be with the Lord on November 13th, at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.

Born in Barberton in 1921, Lillian had been an area resident her entire life. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church in Kenmore. Lillian had been employed as a secretary by both The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. for 15 years and by The Akron Beacon Journal for eight years.

Mrs. Petraitis was preceded in death by her parents, Theodore and Anna Suie, son, Byron and brother, Ted Suie. She is survived by her husband, John of Barberton; son and daughter-in-law, John and Michelle Petraitis of Columbus; and daughter and son-in-law, Roberta and Tom Anderson of Brecksville; sister, Mary Driesbaugh of Michigan; grandchildren, Sarah, Rachel, and Amanda Petraitis and Erik, Evan, and Kurt Anderson.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at The Kucko-Anthony-Kertesz Funeral Home, 95 W. Waterloo Rd. Funeral services will begin Thursday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home and will continue with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Donations in Lillian's memory may be made to The Interval Brotherhood Home, 3445 S. Main St., Akron, OH 44319. (Kucko-Anthony-Kertesz, 330-724-1281, www.kakfh.com)

[The Beacon Journal,, Akron, OH, November 14, 2006 ]

[Note: You may not recognize her from the photo published with her obituary which is evidently one in her younger years. We could not locate a recent photo.]