Viola R. Hanne

July 16, 1929 - August 11, 2016

Viola R. Hanne, 87, of Rochester Twp., passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Born July 16, 1929, in Ellwood City, a daughter of the late Felice and Carmella Lance Leopardi, she was a retired beautician and a former employee of the Ellwood City Glass Company and the former Rochester Kmart. She was a member of St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Parish, Rochester, where she was a Christian Mother. She belonged to the Crazy 8's Card Club. She was a former member and past treasurer of the Rochester Football Mothers. She was a graduate of Lincoln High School, Ellwood City, and was known to her family as a wonderful cook and pie baker, who loved to travel and dance. Surviving are her husband of 64 years, George Kenneth Hanne; a son and daughter-in-law, Michael K. Sr. and Kathy J. Hanne, Brighton Twp.; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Kathy and Thomas R. "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, Frederick, MD; Jeanne M. Kabana, Moon Twp., and Christine S. and Robert B. Brooks, Ohioville; 10 grandchildren, Sara England and her husband David, Moon Twp.; Laurie McGinnis and her husband Kenneth, Green, Ohio; Michael K. Hanne Jr. and Kristin M. Hanne, both of Brooklyn, NY; Christopher G. Kabana, Chicago, IL; Alyssa L. Kabana and Gabriel Strano, Freedom; Erin Dyke and her husband Jeff, Parkton, MD; Katelyn Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC; Jennifer Brooks, Ohioville, and Allison Brooks, Norfolk, VA; seven great-grandchildren, Lily and Isabelle Viola England, Owen and Logan McGinnis, William Dyke, and Lucas and Isaac Strano, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by seven brothers, Rudolph, Albert, Samuel, Emmett, Chauncey, Lawrence and Felice Leopardi, and a sister, Rose Wurzel. Friends will be received Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester. A Mass of Christian burial will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church, Rochester Twp. Interment will follow in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. A Christian wake service will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in the funeral home. The family wishes memorial contributions be made, if desired, to Vitas Hospice, 2009 McKenzie Way, Suite 1010, Cranberry, PA 16066. The family wishes to thank Vitas Hospice, especially Heather, Andrea, shelly, Pam and Lois, for their loving care given over the last several years to our mother, Viola.